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Tucker weight loss update
In case you haven't been following, I started Tucker on a new, canned
food only diet to help him lose weight. (Long story short, my vet gave me poor information and he gained 5 pounds in 8 months!) He's been on the diet almost 6 weeks and is doing great! He's lost 1 lb. 10 oz. so far! Initially, he lost a little more than expected b/c of the new diet, but now he's losing a healthy 4 oz per week or so. Last Friday was the first time I noticed his physique was a little different (in a good way). I'm so thrilled! We have a long way to go, but we're slowly getting there. If anyone else is thinking of trying this, remember that you _can_ do it! If Tucker can, any cat can! A big thanks to Megan too for all of her (continuing) help! Stay tuned for further updates. Rene |
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"Rene" wrote in message om... In case you haven't been following, I started Tucker on a new, canned food only diet to help him lose weight. (Long story short, my vet gave me poor information and he gained 5 pounds in 8 months!) He's been on the diet almost 6 weeks and is doing great! He's lost 1 lb. 10 oz. so far! Initially, he lost a little more than expected b/c of the new diet, but now he's losing a healthy 4 oz per week or so. Last Friday was the first time I noticed his physique was a little different (in a good way). I'm so thrilled! We have a long way to go, but we're slowly getting there. If anyone else is thinking of trying this, remember that you _can_ do it! If Tucker can, any cat can! A big thanks to Megan too for all of her (continuing) help! Stay tuned for further updates. Rene Fantastic! That's remarkable progress. MaryL |
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"Rene" wrote in message om... In case you haven't been following, I started Tucker on a new, canned food only diet to help him lose weight. (Long story short, my vet gave me poor information and he gained 5 pounds in 8 months!) He's been on the diet almost 6 weeks and is doing great! He's lost 1 lb. 10 oz. so far! Initially, he lost a little more than expected b/c of the new diet, but now he's losing a healthy 4 oz per week or so. Last Friday was the first time I noticed his physique was a little different (in a good way). I'm so thrilled! We have a long way to go, but we're slowly getting there. If anyone else is thinking of trying this, remember that you _can_ do it! If Tucker can, any cat can! A big thanks to Megan too for all of her (continuing) help! Stay tuned for further updates. Rene Fantastic! That's remarkable progress. MaryL |
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"Rene" wrote in message om... In case you haven't been following, I started Tucker on a new, canned food only diet to help him lose weight. Rene, what are the details? Quantities and so forth? |
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"Rene" wrote in message om... In case you haven't been following, I started Tucker on a new, canned food only diet to help him lose weight. Rene, what are the details? Quantities and so forth? |
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This is great news. What kind of canned food are you feeding and what is
the quantity? I have an overweight cat that I feed a combination of canned and dried, about 50/50 ratio. Maybe I'll switch him over to all canned. S. "Rene" wrote in message om... In case you haven't been following, I started Tucker on a new, canned food only diet to help him lose weight. (Long story short, my vet gave me poor information and he gained 5 pounds in 8 months!) He's been on the diet almost 6 weeks and is doing great! He's lost 1 lb. 10 oz. so far! Initially, he lost a little more than expected b/c of the new diet, but now he's losing a healthy 4 oz per week or so. Last Friday was the first time I noticed his physique was a little different (in a good way). I'm so thrilled! We have a long way to go, but we're slowly getting there. If anyone else is thinking of trying this, remember that you _can_ do it! If Tucker can, any cat can! A big thanks to Megan too for all of her (continuing) help! Stay tuned for further updates. Rene |
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This is great news. What kind of canned food are you feeding and what is
the quantity? I have an overweight cat that I feed a combination of canned and dried, about 50/50 ratio. Maybe I'll switch him over to all canned. S. "Rene" wrote in message om... In case you haven't been following, I started Tucker on a new, canned food only diet to help him lose weight. (Long story short, my vet gave me poor information and he gained 5 pounds in 8 months!) He's been on the diet almost 6 weeks and is doing great! He's lost 1 lb. 10 oz. so far! Initially, he lost a little more than expected b/c of the new diet, but now he's losing a healthy 4 oz per week or so. Last Friday was the first time I noticed his physique was a little different (in a good way). I'm so thrilled! We have a long way to go, but we're slowly getting there. If anyone else is thinking of trying this, remember that you _can_ do it! If Tucker can, any cat can! A big thanks to Megan too for all of her (continuing) help! Stay tuned for further updates. Rene |
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The brand is Wellness. Megan is helping me as well . Rene is further
along than I am in getting the cats to cooperate. I think three of our four are now doing fairly well on the switch over, the fourth is being completely uncooperative so far. The quantity Megan recommended is 15 calories per pound the cat has for a target weight per day, divided up into two feedings 12 hours apart. So if cat A has a target weight of 10 lbs, you'd feed it 150 calories a day. A 5.5 oz can of Wellness is 170 calories, so basically you give the cat about a 1/2 can per feeding. Talk to her though before considering this, that's the target, you'd probably feed them a bit more to start until they get closer to their target weight. The food isn't cheap though, $0.80 to $1 per can, but hey, they're worth it . "blkcatgal" wrote in message ... This is great news. What kind of canned food are you feeding and what is the quantity? I have an overweight cat that I feed a combination of canned and dried, about 50/50 ratio. Maybe I'll switch him over to all canned. S. "Rene" wrote in message om... In case you haven't been following, I started Tucker on a new, canned food only diet to help him lose weight. (Long story short, my vet gave me poor information and he gained 5 pounds in 8 months!) He's been on the diet almost 6 weeks and is doing great! He's lost 1 lb. 10 oz. so far! Initially, he lost a little more than expected b/c of the new diet, but now he's losing a healthy 4 oz per week or so. Last Friday was the first time I noticed his physique was a little different (in a good way). I'm so thrilled! We have a long way to go, but we're slowly getting there. If anyone else is thinking of trying this, remember that you _can_ do it! If Tucker can, any cat can! A big thanks to Megan too for all of her (continuing) help! Stay tuned for further updates. Rene |
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The brand is Wellness. Megan is helping me as well . Rene is further
along than I am in getting the cats to cooperate. I think three of our four are now doing fairly well on the switch over, the fourth is being completely uncooperative so far. The quantity Megan recommended is 15 calories per pound the cat has for a target weight per day, divided up into two feedings 12 hours apart. So if cat A has a target weight of 10 lbs, you'd feed it 150 calories a day. A 5.5 oz can of Wellness is 170 calories, so basically you give the cat about a 1/2 can per feeding. Talk to her though before considering this, that's the target, you'd probably feed them a bit more to start until they get closer to their target weight. The food isn't cheap though, $0.80 to $1 per can, but hey, they're worth it . "blkcatgal" wrote in message ... This is great news. What kind of canned food are you feeding and what is the quantity? I have an overweight cat that I feed a combination of canned and dried, about 50/50 ratio. Maybe I'll switch him over to all canned. S. "Rene" wrote in message om... In case you haven't been following, I started Tucker on a new, canned food only diet to help him lose weight. (Long story short, my vet gave me poor information and he gained 5 pounds in 8 months!) He's been on the diet almost 6 weeks and is doing great! He's lost 1 lb. 10 oz. so far! Initially, he lost a little more than expected b/c of the new diet, but now he's losing a healthy 4 oz per week or so. Last Friday was the first time I noticed his physique was a little different (in a good way). I'm so thrilled! We have a long way to go, but we're slowly getting there. If anyone else is thinking of trying this, remember that you _can_ do it! If Tucker can, any cat can! A big thanks to Megan too for all of her (continuing) help! Stay tuned for further updates. Rene |
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Rob wrote:
The quantity Megan recommended is 15 calories per pound the cat has for a target weight per day, divided up into two feedings 12 hours apart. So if cat A has a target weight of 10 lbs, you'd feed it 150 calories a day. Hi Rob, Let me make a small correction here as the above is not exactly accurate, but does work in your situation. :-) Basically, an indoor cat with an average activity level needs about 15 caloires per pound per day to maintain body weight. In order to drop weight a reasonable cut in calories would be 30%. For a cat that only needs to lose a little weight, feeding them the calorie requirement they would need to maintain their target weight probably wouldn't even amount to a 30% drop, so it's reasonable to use that number as the calories to feed and will cause a nice slow weight loss. However, for cats that need to lose quite a bit of weight, feeding what they would need to maintain the target weight may be too drastic a cut in calories. With Tucker, who originally needed 315 calories to maintain his weight, we cut his calories by 30% to a little over 200. Now that he's dropped some weight we've made another slight cutback to continue the weight loss, but keep it *slow.* If we had fed what he needed to maintain his target weight, his calorie intake would have been cut by over half which is unhealthy and could put him at risk for developing hepatic lipidosis. I hope this clarifies things better. Also, if your one cat is not advancing in this as well as the other cats, don't worry about it and just make sure she's eating enough of whatever you can convince her to eat, even if it means more of the old food or whatever else she'll eat and less of the healthier stuff for now. Some cats take a lot more time than others to adjust to change, and she'll come around eventually.:-) I have cats that took many months to adjust! So far it sounds like you're doing pretty good for such a short time. :-) Megan "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." -Edmund Burke Learn The TRUTH About Declawing http://www.stopdeclaw.com Zuzu's Cats Photo Album: http://www.PictureTrail.com/zuzu22 "Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one's favor all manner of unforeseen incidents, meetings and material assistance, which no man could have dreamt would have come his way." - W.H. Murray |
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