Wonderwoman, do you remember that in a previous thread I talked about mixing my cat's dry food to try to balance the best nutrients with her weight loss needs? Well the update is that it's working. She still gets wet food once or twice a week, but most of her meals are a combination of Evo (by Innova), which is really awesome in nutritional aspects for a dry food, and Purina One, which she likes and which is helping her lose weight. We had to adjust the Evo:Purina One ratio to 1:2, instead of the previous 1:1 to make it work, though.
Evo alone was giving me a healthy cat, but she was getting progressively chubbier, even though she's been on carefully rationed feedings for most of her life. We have always made efforts to add more play and exercise to her life, but I suspect Evo was just too fatty for her level of activity. However, I didn't want to give up the high nutritional value of that food, so the mixed food idea was born. And my cat is getting (as we phrase it at home) "almost cat shaped!")
She gets bored with food more than ANY cat I've ever known, so we'll have to keep "changing it up" occasionally. (Fortunately for her incredibly picky personality, she's one of those rare cats who adjusts to food changes with great ease!) We're already on our second variety of Purina One! *frustrated sigh* I think my next food move is going to be to have her try the Evo canned food. It's more nutritious that many of the "grocery store brands" and hopefully, she won't notice. (You know, I once had two happy, healthy cats who were content to eat the same food day after day for years on end. My current pet is their polar opposite! She wants something different every week!)
I just wanted to update you on our little food experiment and remind you of yet another option to consider (mixing brands) in your efforts to get your cat in better shape.