We've got a fat indoor cat that's been on a diet for about 10 months now. She was a rescue a few years ago and was a total glutton (took advantage of a weak-willed roommate) Not entirely sure on the starting weight, but I would estimate it in the 20lb range. She is now down to 15.2, much happier, much more active, but seems to have stalled in the weight loss department. We're aiming for about 11-12lbs. We'll check in with the weight at that point and see if more is possible, or maintain that weight. 

We've been feeding Authority brand Real Chicken, weight management dry formula since the beginning of the regime. Scheduled feedings, 2x per day, 1/2 cup each time shared between 2 cats. We estimate that they get 1/4 cup each, 2x per day. They share pretty evenly, but I've noticed lately that the other cat is leaving a bit more in the dish and fatty is getting a bit more food. Not sure if this is a new behavior, or if it has always been this way. Anyways, we are starting to feed them in separate dishes, 1/4 cup each, 2x per day. Anything that the other cat doesn't eat gets put back in the bag. 

Here's the issue I am running into... I am thinking that 1/4 cup is about as many calories as it takes to maintain 15lbs. I have no way of knowing how many calories are in a serving, however. I can't find this information on the package or through any other resources! I thought all cat food had a # of calories/serving breakdown...but evidently not. I have a target of how many calories fatty should consume every day (based on a 13lb cat, in order to continue losing weight), but I have no idea how much actual food it equates to.
user
Fat indoor cat on a diet, stall in weight loss, no way of knowing how many calories in each serving, need help finding accurate info on food labels that accurately communicates calories per serving!
assistant
We've got a fat indoor cat that's been on a diet for about 10 months now. She was a rescue a few years ago and was a total glutton (took advantage of a weak-willed roommate) Not entirely sure on the starting weight, but I would estimate it in the 20lb range. She is now down to 15.2, much happier, much more active, but seems to have stalled in the weight loss department. We're aiming for about 11-12lbs. We'll check in with the weight at that point and see if more is possible, or maintain that weight. 

We've been feeding Authority brand Real Chicken, weight management dry formula since the beginning of the regime. Scheduled feedings, 2x per day, 1/2 cup each time shared between 2 cats. We estimate that they get 1/4 cup each, 2x per day. They share pretty evenly, but I've noticed lately that the other cat is leaving a bit more in the dish and fatty is getting a bit more food. Not sure if this is a new behavior, or if it has always been this way. Anyways, we are starting to feed them in separate dishes, 1/4 cup each, 2x per day. Anything that the other cat doesn't eat gets put back in the bag. 

Here's the issue I am running into... I am thinking that 1/4 cup is about as many calories as it takes to maintain 15lbs. I have no way of knowing how many calories are in a serving, however. I can't find this information on the package or through any other resources! I thought all cat food had a # of calories/serving breakdown...but evidently not. I have a target of how many calories fatty should consume every day (based on a 13lb cat, in order to continue losing weight), but I have no idea how much actual food it equates to.
user
Fat cat weight loss is stalled. Not sure how many calories/ounce it takes to maintain 15lbs. Need food labelling/calorie counting done before reaching that number.
assistant