my boy Benji is a little ahem, overwieght (the vets response to seeing him was 'good god, it's garfield' last we checked he was about 8kg we think (9.7kg in his carrier) and he was promptly put on what I considered to be a very severe diet, but it does seem to be working!
he eats applaws (and no it is not complete) but only gets one small tin per day (half in the morning and half in the evening) and 15g of royal canin sensitive dry food alongside his applaws in the morning and evening, well below all the recommended amounts but what the vet advised me to do. He said that Benji was not being active enough to work off what is considered to be the right amount for him .
He gets no treats (which actually for him is good, as he has a bit of a sensitive tum) and he just gets extra dry food scattered on his treat board every now and then (probably once every 10 days) and he seems to be very slowly losing weight! we only weighed him a couple of times at the vets and he seemed to lose 0.05kg every 2 weeks. I have noticed his belly is getting smaller, he can reach to clean and scratch a bit easier and he is playing a lot more now that he is losing weight. (Benji is also an indoor cat, and I think has the same attitude to playing as Sky! after 5 to 10 minutes, its nap time!)
It sounds silly but I find weighing out Benji's dry food with kitchen scales really helped me control his portion sizes, and his portion sizes were reduced to such small amounts over a couple of weeks, I find he is used to it by now and only begs for food when we are cooking in the kitchen.
maybe that would help? we do need a weight loss thread for cats don't we? with with tips and help to get them moving!
Jen and a slimming down Benji!