Restricted feeding, day 2. in Another Open Diary refugee

The cats seem to be taking to their restricted diet remarkably well... seems as if they're a lot more tolerant of these crazy humans than I ever thought they would be. Every time I get food for myself, they're all at my feet begging for scraps, but I'm just saying 'no'... I think I know why Tessica is so skinny now - she's hardly eating anything when I put their bowls down for them! I'm not sure if she's protesting, or if she really eats that little, but she hasn't had more than 1/4 cup a day, plus the chicken I cooked for them. If she had her way, she'd be eating meat only, but I refuse to go there... I am NOT going to mess around kitty vitamins etc and worry about her getting enough taurine in her diet just because she wants to be finnicky and try to hold out for person food, and I am even more NOT going to switch to raw food. I'll do a lot for my babies, but I have my limits... Yesterday I offered food four times because they didn't want to eat the first two, but the cat sites all say they only need to eat twice a day, so today they got breakfast when I got up, and dinner at six. The only bad thing about this new regimen is that it's going to be broken when we go away for the weekend... I'll either have to leave kibble down and hope they don't gorge, or get somebody in to feed them twice a day!