I used to heal pretty quick. I could have "stretch marks" on my pecs, thighs, calves, ect... one week, and be right back to working that muscle the next week. "Stretch marks" are where you have done enough damage to the muscle and skin that it looks a bit like what happens to a womans stomach in that last trimester. Sub-dermal tears in the skin and itracellular muscle tears leaking in striated bruise patterns. Looks nasty. Recovery isn't too pleasent either.
Gonna try and avoid a lot of that as I'm just not interested to "get in" to it that deeply this time around. I just wanna lose weight at this point.
I didn't get too many stretch marks during my pregnancies and only one is visible to the public (and that, only during the summer). I didn't have to buy maternity clothes, either. Thank goodness for sweatpants with drawstrings!
My only problem is finding clothes that fit properly when I am in shape. I get the typical big shoulders and upper arms from swimming, which makes finding clothes that fit properly all over a bit of a problem.
Fortunately, I know how to sew. Unfortunately, I don't have much time to do it!