My one cat Bo was starting to have a weight problem. I was worried too cause he has a bum leg from when he was hit (or kicked) when he was little and we found him. So he has to stay lean in order to keep his leg from bugging him. About 2 years ago I started feeding him the light chicken soup for the soul food (high meat content) and finally in the past year he has dropped down to a better weight. Also helps that the neighbors who used to live next door are not there anymore. They used to feed their cat outside and it was friskies. My cat thought he died and gone to kitty crack heaven! He would go down and finish a whole bowl of that junk every day! I was happy when they left because of that! He gained like 4 pounds when they moved in! I do the Soul food becuase it is made in the US and my vet researched it for me. It has been a good food for them. I also give tbl. of wet every night.