A 3500 Calorie Deficit = Approximately 1 Pound of Weight Loss. If you are trying to lose weight through calorie counting, you will need to know how many calories it will take to lose a pound of weight. Creating a calorie deficit of about 3500 calories should result in about 1 pound of weight loss. That is, if you consume 3500 calories less than you burn over a given period of time, you should lose around 1 lb of weight. To get an idea of how many calories you burn, take a look at our article on how many calories do I burn in a day.
My mother's cat went into Congestive heart failure about a year and a half ago and she is still with us. There are a fair number of us on here that have dealt with cats with this condition. Please do not hesitate to start a thread of your own if you have any questions or just need some support.
There is no way to telling what the life expectancy of a cat with hyperthyroidism will be-treated or not treated. All that can be said is that it will eventually kill the cat and the cat's death will be a bad death.y 16 year old cat has been on it for two years now, and his kidney function is great for a 16 year old cat. I didn't opt for the surgery either due to his age. The medication is a human one which I get filled inexpensively at the local pharmacy (100 tablets for less than $40, which lasts me almost 3 months).