Staci don't feel bad , I think there are many of us who feel just the same guilt as you do, and are guilty of loving our pets too much, my young lexie is now also getting a little on the podgy side, she has like these lean legs, small face, and this rotund belly,she weighed about seven pounds when i got her, mind you she was only 9mths old then, but now she is nearer 11 pounds, and she is a small cat in stature, my old Ash is a big boy as well, I sure wish I could fatten my hubby up like my kittys, I have been trying for 13 yrs to no avail. lol.

I know its not good for them to be overweight, just as it is not for humans either, but its so hard to monitor their habits sometimes,you have my empathy, certainly not going to blast you, I am in the same boat.