Low-Cal Healthy Cat Food To Help Loose Weight?

My grandparent's 11 year old cat (named Cat for the sake of sanity) eats a mixture of Friskies and Meow Mix. It's not that she doesn't like other foods, she's just never tried them. We tried dried food and I don't think she likes that. Grandma feeds her scraps - are there any 'healthy' scraps that I can get grandma to feed her? (She loves indulging her pets, really, but if I can tell her she can feed her vegetables or something a little healthier then maybe she wouldn't feed her too many unhealthy things)

Grandma feeds her things like pasta and rice and egg, I know egg is okay for her to eat, but honestly, she needs to loose weight. Also I need to give her treats for training - what are some good options for that? I can't feed her RAW because she lives at my grandparents so don't suggest it, please I've done research on RAW before and I just can't. It's not an option. What's a healthy, low cal wet food that I can feed my 11 year old cat that'll help her loose weight even though she's not exercising (I'll try to engage her in play more, though... Slowly but surly wins the race, ya know? One day at a time.) 

Vegetables really have no nutrition for cats, they are obligate carnivores. Chicken is a good treat, if it doesn't have any seasoning/salt. There's a member here who cooks a whole chicken in the crock pot with no seasonings and feeds it to her cats so you could try that.

She really needs to stop feeding her things not meant for cats because rice and pasta aren't meant for cats eggs are ok once in awhile... Fancy feast classics I believe are low calorie. Some cats are just not active but feeding her unhealthy scraps can lead to health issues.

They free-feed her, another problem. ; / and I'm going to go over there, help clean up some and try to get her on a feeding schedule by going over there more. I was going to go over there today but my back has been hurting me (muscle spasms) and plus I don't have anyone to take me to the pet store to get food. My mom's working so it wouldn't work out. I'll go some other day. 

@Miagi's_Mommy has lots of good advice! Pasta and rice are definitely not good for cats but plain chicken is great. Your mother should be a bit careful with it since it's not a complete food on its own so shouldn't be fed for more than about 10% of a cat's diet if it's not supplemented with vitamins and other nutrients that cats need.

And Fancy Feast classics, the pates, are a great option for overweight cats: they're low-carb and easy to find plus cats love them! Your idea of a feeding schedule is good.

Can you buy healthy treats for your grandmother and tell her to only feed the cat those? Freeze dried meat treats like Purebites are great. A pot of cat grass is a good "veggie" some cats like. Cat grass and cat nip are very easy to grow indoors.

Here's a TCS thread with healthy treats: http://www.thecatsite.com/t/314398/what-treats-do-you-feed-your-cat Many can be bought at pet stores, although some may only be sold at independent stores not chains. Online stores like Chewy.com and Amazon and OnlyNaturalPet.com will sell many of the brands listed in the thread.

The only "table scraps" your grandmother could feed and only in very small amounts are plain unseasoned cooked meats.Chicken poached in plain water is great. Grandmother can poach a whole chicken breast, shred the cooked meat into slices and freeze most of it for later use as treats. The cooking water can also be saved along with the treats. It becomes a sort of broth that many cats like.

Most any brand of canned food can help with weight loss. You just need to feed enough calories to keep your cat at a healthy weight. Figure out how many calories the cat is curently eating and then figure out approximately how many caloires are need to reach a healthy weight. The general rule is 20 to 25 caloires per pound of ideal body weight daily but some cats may need a little more or less than that.

There are charts that lists calorie content in canned foods:

http://www.petobesityprevention.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/05/Cat_Canned_Pouch_Foods.pdf

http://catinfo.org/docs/SortableCatFoodChartCatinfo.org2-22-13.htm

Feed whatever the cat likes to eat and you or grandmother can afford and can find in the local stores without much problem. Higher end brands like Weruva are only sold at independent pet stores which you may or may not have in the aea.