All right. My little precious Butterscotch visited the vet last Thursday and
after getting her distemper booster, the vet informed me that she is 20%
overwieght! I always knew she was plump but that upset me.  I don't want her
to get diabetes or anything. She is an indoor kitty but we play a lot and
she chases the laser light like a crazy little thing at least every other
day.  She also doesn't eat more than the recommended amount on her purina
indoor formula bag.  Now I realize that if she weights 10 pounds and I give
her the amount of food recommended for a 10 pound cat, she won't lose any
and it probably  helped her gain it.  But my question is this.  I got her
the health science diet my vet recommended since it is "more satisfing" and
have been measuring it out to her daily since Thursday and adding more play
time during the day while I still can before my teacher duties call in a
couple weeks.  If doing all that will it hurt her diet if I continue to give
her a piece or two a day of turkey cold?  She loves them and I can't stand
to see her walk to the fridge and paw and meow at it and not give her any.
They're even the 99% free kind :)

Beth