Friday, March 20, 2020

Gaining stretch marks while losing weight?

So, I'm completely baffled. I'm 18F, 5'9, 181 currently and started at 186.6 about two weeks ago. My first week I lost about 5 pounds very rapidly, and then the weight loss slowed to a halt about 8 days in.

So, I've always had stretch marks here and there. This isn't news to me. When I started gaining weight I noticed a few little marks cropping up on my hips and inner thighs. Nothing unusual, right?

Well, today I look in the mirror and find deep, angry, and red stretch marks all over my stomach, hips, thighs, lower back, and chest. Is this normal? Are stretch marks possible with weight loss, and could this have been caused because of how much I lost within the first week? I've been staying within my calorie limit and if I go a bit over I burn off the excess calories. I allow myself one cheat meal a week to keep cravings at bay.

I'm worried that I'm doing something wrong here, I've always known stretch marks to be a sign of weight gain. :(

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