<human>: Heyo /r/loseit, I was hoping some of you could help me.

I'm currently on my 2nd ankle reconstruction, probably nearing a third. I have loose ligaments in all of my joints, which if I were skinny would mean I'd be a pretty awesome contortionist. Unfortunately, when you're overweight it just means a hell of a lot of falling over.

Here comes my issue. I spent about 6 months last year going through the same motions. I would start at the gym, every other day doing 30 min cardio, 30 min weight training. Stretching before and after.

Within about a week, my ankle would be so weak I'd sprain it walking down the street, or dislocate while sitting or standing, which on surgeons orders puts me in a fiberglass cast for 2 weeks.

Once it was totally healed, I'd try again. Varying the cardio I did to only cycling, only to see the same result.

I've come to a point now where I'm afraid of starting up again because of the pain I experience and to be honest, less than a week of exercise once a month with the rest of the time in a cast isn't really worth my time.

Swimming is an option, but the pools around here are expensive and travel is time consuming - so if it's my only option I'll go for it. Though if anyone has a different suggestion, it would be great.

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<bot>: I have a weak ankle because I'm overweight and can't lose weight through exercise because of a weak ankle. What can I do?