When this approach fails, most people
simply decrease their calorie intake and take on even more exercise.
If
you simply decrease the calories, but are not meeting protein requirements, your pet may lose lean muscle mass.
Not exact matches
Soup makes you feel full due to its high water content, and studies have shown that eating soup as an appetizer can
decrease calorie intake at a meal by about 20 %: quite
simply, starting with soup means you'll feel fuller faster, and be less inclined to pick at the bread basket.
Given that the diets designed by Rabinowitch and Kempner were both low - fat and low -
calorie diets, many questioned whether improvements in insulin sensitivity and diabetes were
simply due to weight loss, and not to
decreased dietary fat.
If you start at this level make sure you weigh yourself regularly and if after a few weeks your weight hasn't changed or is increasing to fast
simply increase or
decrease the
calories until you find the right balance.
If your dog has reached his «golden years» and shows some signs of slowing down, but does not present with any special needs, there is no reason to switch from a high quality adult food to a senior food just yet, and unwanted weight gain can be addressed
simply by
decreasing the daily intake of
calories as necessary.