Day 9

Okay - my actual pushup limit before falling down on the floor is a weak 18. Yesterday evening, after 5 pushups, I felt some strain on my side. I did not want to start a new 'side' issue. So stopped. This morning, while being relatively fresher, I did some stretch exercises and went on to do 18 pushups. I figure I could have done a few more but did not want to overdo it. Already, felt some welcome tightening of biceps.

According to hundredpushups.com 's table my rank is now at a respectable 3.

Got a pleasant surprise at the weighing machine. The plan is to check only once a week. This week's reading was 175.5 lbs - a decent drop of about 2.5 lbs. I am sure the tolerance levels of this difference are being stretched.

The BMI is at a decent enough 24.5 now. The next milestone is at 24 kg/m2. This means that I have to drop down to 172 lbs.