Lisa + Mittens and Angel
Member Since 2023
Mittens is on a weight loss diet for her pre-diabetes which is working nicely, she's staying in between the recommended 1-2% weight loss per week, and she's down 200 grams, needs to lose about 300 grams more.
Problem is, I'm noticing a lot of muscle loss, mostly around her scapula and less so the rest of her back (spine and hips). She already had a lot of muscle loss last year prior to her IBD diagnosis, which she'd recovered from with the pred, but now it's coming back. Perhaps related to her pred taper too, I'm just now realising.
I made sure all of her foods have a high amount of %calories from protein, the foods that she eats most of are at 60-65% even. I thought this was enough to prevent muscle loss, but apparently not.
Am planning to call my vet about this on monday, but what do ya'll think? How can I fix this and get her to lose fat while gaining back muscle? I just started her back on high dose omega 3s fish oil, which I know helps. What else?
Problem is, I'm noticing a lot of muscle loss, mostly around her scapula and less so the rest of her back (spine and hips). She already had a lot of muscle loss last year prior to her IBD diagnosis, which she'd recovered from with the pred, but now it's coming back. Perhaps related to her pred taper too, I'm just now realising.
I made sure all of her foods have a high amount of %calories from protein, the foods that she eats most of are at 60-65% even. I thought this was enough to prevent muscle loss, but apparently not.
Am planning to call my vet about this on monday, but what do ya'll think? How can I fix this and get her to lose fat while gaining back muscle? I just started her back on high dose omega 3s fish oil, which I know helps. What else?