Scylla Sunday

Many of you having probably been reading about Hill's Prescription Diet Metabolic Advanced Weight Solution. Rocco's Mom over at To Dog with Love posted about  A Portly Pup Loses Lbs and Gains a New Lease on Life #HillsPet and  Sugar the Golden Retriever posted Is Your Pet Overweight? #HillsPet Metabolic Diet To The Rescue, as an overweight cat I was inspired by these stories. And I am thrilled to have won the chance to try this diet.

I haven't gotten the food yet so I can't tell you anything about it. I am hoping it will be arriving in the mail soon so I can get started losing the pounds because boy do I have a lot of pounds to lose. But this is what I have done so far. I visited the vet so they could weigh me, then  measure me and determine my ideal weight. The bad news is I weigh 16.6# my ideal weight is 7.2# . When I get the food I will be feed 1/4 cup of dry food and 1/2 can of canned cat food a day. I don't actually eat that much normally so we will have to see. I am also allowed 2 treats a day.   TREATS!!! I get treats on this diet it can't be all bad. We checked and sadly they don't make y/d treats, so poor Socks still can't have treats.

Now some of you are probably wondering how I got so obese when I don't eat much. As a young kitten I was very active and fit. Then I got spayed and I got a sagging abdomen. It wasn't very big at first just a little pouch but it made it harder for me to keep up with Charybdis. She got spayed the same time I did but her abdomen didn't sag (so unfair). Then Charybdis died and for awhile I didn't have anyone to play with so I was even less active and the pouch sagged even MORE.  When Arty Mouse came to live with us and I had a playmate again, I was pretty active so I managed to just stay kinda fat, but then when she disappeared I got OBESE.

Mommy described me like this Scylla's head was the size of a golf ball and her body was the size of a basketball she looked like a cartoon kitty. Not good at all so she put me on Iams® ProActive Health™ Adult Weight Control and it kinda worked. I lost enough weight that I didn't look like a cartoon cat, but I seemed to hit a plateau and wasn't losing weight anymore so we were thrilled when were heard about Feline Metabolic Advanced Weight Solution. Once we get the food I'll let you know how I like it and we will keep you posted on my weight loss. 

~Scylla, reporting for ATCAD

15 comments:

Mark's Mews (Marley, Lori, Loki, and Binq) said...

We wish you finds the pounds ya wish to lose...

Kjelle Bus aka Charlie Rascal said...

Good luck on loosing weight !
XOXO

Anonymous said...

Well Scylla I happen to think you're gorgeous just the way you are BUT being overweight isn't good for you....so, this new diet sounds like a good plan. I hope it works for you....just know that some of us guys like full-figured women - just sayin' !!

Hugs, Sammy

Hailey and Zaphod and their Lady said...

We wish you the best on your weight loss journey.

The Island Cats said...

Good luck, Scylla. We hope the food helps you lose some weight.

The Swiss Cats said...

Good luck Scylla, we hope that you will get as fit as you wish again ! Purrs

Terri said...

We think portly kitties are cute but know it isn't healthy! We hope you'll like your new food.

Pee Ess: My sister has a fat cat we call "The Meatloaf" :)

meowmeowmans said...

Good luck losing that weight, Scylla! We bet you're gonna do great!

Misaki @ misadventuresofMisaki said...

Sorry to hear you're having to go on the dreaded d word, hope it goes well

Mickey's Musings said...

We wish you good luck Scylla.
A diet where you don't starve is a good thing :)
Purrs Georgia and Julie,
Treasure, JJ
and Angels Tiger and Tillie

Brian's Home Blog said...

You are so special and always beautiful Scylla! I don't care if you diet or not, I will always love you!

♥♥ The OP Pack ♥♥ said...

Our vet talked to Mom about that metabolic diet for Thunder but we never got a chance to try it. We will be curious to see how you do with it.

Happy Sunday, Scylla.

Woos - Phantom, Ciara, and Lightning

Marty the Manx said...

Very very excited to hear they make a food special for lady cats. Keeping paws and fingers crossed that it arrives and works.
Purrs
Marty

Alastriona, The Cats and Dogs said...

(Blushing) Sammy you are so sweet and everyone y'all are so nice to compliment me. It's good to know how loved I am no matter how I look, but I really do want to lose weight so I can groom properly and play more, and of course I want to be as healthy as I can be so I can spend many years with all of you.

Brian, you are just the sweetest boyfriend a girl could ask for. I will always love you too. ~Scylla

To Dog With Love said...

Good luck Scylla! We can't wait to see how you do. And most importantly we hope you get to a healthy weight and feel great and full of energy!
Your pals,
Diane and Rocco