A 3500 Calorie Deficit = Approximately 1 Pound of Weight Loss. If you are trying to lose weight through calorie counting, you will need to know how many calories it will take to lose a pound of weight. Creating a calorie deficit of about 3500 calories should result in about 1 pound of weight loss. That is, if you consume 3500 calories less than you burn over a given period of time, you should lose around 1 lb of weight. To get an idea of how many calories you burn, take a look at our article on how many calories do I burn in a day.
My mother's cat went into Congestive heart failure about a year and a half ago and she is still with us. There are a fair number of us on here that have dealt with cats with this condition. Please do not hesitate to start a thread of your own if you have any questions or just need some support.
Life Expectancy and Survival Rates. 5-year survival rate for Dilated cardiomyopathy: about 50 percent of patients with dilated cardiomyopathy live 5 years once heart failure is diagnosed; about 25 percent live 10 years after such a diagnosis.