Wolflady, sounds like we are in the same boat. My Terra was a gift from my brother when I left home (and had to leave my other cat behind). She has no problem turning down food and only weighs 6lbs on a "fat day." Misao on other hand is a stray we found last Halloween (she's all white with odd-eyes). She barely weighed 5lbs then and the vet didn't think she had a week left in her. She's now 12-13lbs and definitely overweight. But like most cats with "stray-syndrome" (yep, I call it the same thing), she keeps eating until it is gone. We've tried to cut back, but Terra's the one who ends up losing weight. Exercise is proving our best (and only option). Terra is fond of tin foil too (she actually unwrapped a Cadberry cream egg yesterday just for the foil cover) and paper stuffs. Misao likes fake mice and anything with feathers.