I have a pretty open mind, my goal for now until my next appt at the end of July with my surgeon is to get to where I am doing 40 mins workout and 5 mins each warm up and cool down/stretch five times a week with general walking and moving on the weekends for a break.
I have such bad arthritis that more then 40 mins and my knees start to lock up and click really badly, I do a lot of strait legged exercises in the water and when i bend my knees it is slower and smoother than some of the exercises might call for but I AM moving and in general I am proud and happy I am doing it, I just wish I had done it more while I was losing weight on my own, I probably would have lost more than 52 pounds before surgery and been in better shape physically afterwards. I do a lot of abdominal exercises as well in the pool since those muscles have always been week on me and walking doesn't really effect them as much.
