Coconut oil & weight?

[peteyrulz]

Hi everybody!Petey had his annual head-to-toe checkup last week.He's in perfect health @10yo except the vet wants him to lose 5 lbs. His weight at time of rescue was 50 lbs, according to records. Now he's 64!! OOPS.Prior to his appt, his diet was 1.5 c Fromm's Weight Mgmt Gold 2x day. I also gave him plain greek yogurt (about 1 T) daily & 1 T coconutoil about 3-4x/week, some pumpkin every now &then.His coat is beautiful!My question is, would cutting out the CO facilitate his weight loss? I just started giving him green beans &/or carrots with 1 c Fromms. 2/day.he seems so hungry!!! I want to make Vegas stew this coming weekend.For those with overweight bullies, do you give coconut oil? how much how often? I'm afraid if I stop CO he'll get skin problems again.

 

[dolphin]

I don't think CO has anything to do with his weight, good thinking what you're doing now. replacing the .5 cup with the veggies is a great idea. Everything in moderation will work out, 10 yo!! Congrats to you!!

 

[2BullyMama]

cups of food is a lot of food.... dropping him to 2 cups a day for sure and that will help. the CO really does not play a role, in my opinion.

 

[nycbullymama]

[MENTION=12854]peteyrulz[/MENTION]

Here I come, the usual dissenting opinion (don't hate me please..lol).

1 tbsp of coconut oil has 117 cals. 1 cup of From Weight Management Gold has 341 cals per cup.

If you're giving the coconut oil just 3 times a week, that would be the equivalent of an extra cup of food. If you're giving it 4 times a week, plus the yogurt at about 6 cals per day that would be a little over 500 extra cals per week. That makes a large difference for a bulldog when they're trying to lose weight.

I'd cut out the oil for now.

 

[Mishell]

Someone told me coconut oil helps with weight loss ??

 

[nycbullymama]

Someone told me coconut oil helps with weight loss ??

I don't think eating pure oil (of any kind) will ever help during weight loss, regardless of it's other benefits.

let me edit this actually: There haven't been any studies done on coconut oil yet to show that it will help. My opinion is moot.

 

[peteyrulz]

wow nybullymama, thank you for the calcs. That's a lot
if extra calories for sure. And IIRC 1 T CO has 10g fat?
I'll cut it out for now, & giving more veggies. He loves his veggies!

as a matter of fact, I don't think there's any food he DOESN'T love!!
:D

btw I love your sig line! that's my mantra.

 

[RiiSi]

In the end it's about the calories...if you (or your dog) eat too much carrots you will gain weight...needless to say you need to eat a LOT more of carrots than oil...

 

[nycbullymama]

Re: Coconut oil & weight?

wow nybullymama, thank you for the calcs. That's a lot
if extra calories for sure. And IIRC 1 T CO has 10g fat?
I'll cut it out for now, & giving more veggies. He loves his veggies!

as a matter of fact, I don't think there's any food he DOESN'T love!!

btw I love your sig line! that's my mantra.

no problem.

it's closer to 14g of fat. Or is it 12? Either way, it's more than 10grams.

lol.. i try to make it my mantra too! lol..
:D

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In the end it's about the calories...if you (or your dog) eat too much carrots you will gain weight...needless to say you need to eat a LOT more of carrots than oil...

ain't that the truth!! lol..