Maybe the increased muscularity of my arms will counteract
the chicken skin.
I can only hope.
If you recall, I noted this cruel irony when I started this
Aged to Perfection journey a couple of years ago. (See http://agedtoperfectiondeborahhansen.blogspot.com/2010/11/chicken-skin-and-other-indignities.html
for a reminder.) My arms were as toned as they had ever been, but their outer
covering looked like the skin of a chicken that was sitting in my frig, the main course for
dinner waiting to be cooked.
But now it’s worse: my skin looks like that everywhere on my body. I can remember seeing older women with this crumpled up
skin on their arms and thighs, wondering why in the world they didn’t DO
SOMETHING about it! I was almost offended, like I shouldn’t have to look
at all that “elderly” skin, Surely there was something that could be done to fix
it….right?
Ouch. Now I am one of THEM. Women of a certain age with crinkly
skin.
I recently signed up for a year of twice-weekly sessions
with a personal trainer at my gym. I had to do something. Unless I can inject
large doses of collagen directly into my flabby skin, I have no choice.
What in the world is a personal trainer going to do about my
crepey skin, you might ask? Especially a man who is probably half my
age (at least), someone who won’t ever truly understand the depth of this problem? After
all…he’s a man. And young. He won’t face this for decades, if ever. (Probably
by that time they’ll have rolls of new skin that you can buy at Wal-Mart or on
the Internet. Isn’t technology wonderful? A little late, but extraordinary.)
Here’s what I thought: let’s build these arms up with some
more muscle and fill that skin and stretch it out. I’m not sure what I’ll do
with the rest of me, but at least I can start by getting rid of the barnyard fowl
hanging off my arms.
If nothing else, you won’t want to mess with me in a dark
alley. I'll be able to kick butt, plus I'll be really angry that all this torture didn't work.
Great ideas originate in the
muscles.
Thomas Edison
Love this:)
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