About the Author
DENA HARRIS lives in Greensboro, North Carolina, with her husband and two cats—to whom she is allergic (the cats, not the husband). She is the author of Lessons in Stalking, For the Love of Cats, and Who Moved My Mouse? A Self-Help Book for Cats (Who Don’t Need Any Help), which has been translated into six languages. She’s held editorial positions at numerous magazines and teaches writing workshops around the nation. Every cat Dena has owned has been full-figured, but they still look fabulous in their collars. They have yet to forgive her for testing the strategies in this book on them. Visit www.DenaHarris.com.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Taking Stock: Where Are You Now?
Climbing the Feline Food Pyramid
Quizzzz
The Comatose Cat
You: On a Diet: A Cat’s Manual for Waist Waste Management
The South Beach Diet
For the Comatose Cat: Exercises You Can (Almost) Do in Your Sleep
The OCD Cat
Eat Right for Your Blood Type
French Women Don’t Get Fat . . . But Their Cats Do
Wash Your Paws Twenty Times Before You Exercise:
The OCD Cat Workout
The ADD Cat
The Paleo Diet
The Zone Diet
The Raw Food Diet and the Living Food Movement
Exercise for the—Hey Look! There’s a Bird! And a Squirrel!
And Another Bird!—ADD Cat
The Chronic Dieter Cat
Master Your MetaPurrlism
Catty Craig Versus Weight Stalkers
The 557th Try Is the Charm:
An Exercise Plan for the Chronic Dieter Cat
Psycho Kitty
The Mayo Clinic Diet
Cleanses
Touch My Sweatband and Die: Psycho Kitty Workouts
Bonus Section
For Cat Owners: Putting Your Cat on a Diet in Twenty-One Easy Steps
Appendix
Superfuds
Top Ten Tips for Continued Weight-Loss Success
Ask Flabby Tabby
About the Author
Index