Placing within the work! Viewers have been cheering on Amy Slaton since she started her weight reduction journey on the primary season of 1000-Lb. Sisters.
The TLC collection, which premiered in January 2020, adopted the lives of Amy and her sister, Tammy Slaton, as they launched into their respective well being journeys. Amy, for her half, initially weighed in at 406 kilos however her want to be a mom impressed her to place within the work and drop some weight. (Earlier than the present started airing, the TLC character tied the knot along with her husband, Michael Halterman, in March 2019.)
“After I first met Amy, over two years in the past, she weighed over 400 kilos, and one in every of her objectives in life, not solely to get married, was to have a child, and at that time it was not possible for her,” her surgeon, Dr. Charles Procter, Jr., recalled throughout a January 2022 episode.
The fact star’s physician crafted a weight loss program and train plan for Amy that she adopted so she might turn into eligible for gastric bypass surgical procedure. Following the process, Amy slimmed all the way down to 282 kilos, which was proven on the premiere of the second season in January 2021.
In November 2020, Amy achieved her objective and turned a mom for the primary time when she and her husband welcomed their first little one collectively, son Gage. Whereas she was pregnant with child No. 1, Amy weighed 288 kilos, in accordance with Dr. Procter.
“Taking a look at Gage, I simply see his complete future mainly, as he’s going off to school,” Amy gushed throughout a confessional throughout a season 2 episode that documented her eldest son’s beginning. “It’s emotional. You possibly can’t actually speak about [it] since you simply love him a lot you don’t have phrases to clarify how a lot you like him.”
In April 2021, the TV character confirmed off the progress of her weight reduction journey with earlier than and after pictures. Within the first image, Amy famous she wore a 5XL bathing swimsuit whereas within the second snap she donned an XL. “Loads has modified,” she captioned the publish.
The Kentucky native expanded her brood as soon as extra when she gave beginning to son, Glenn, in July 2022. Amy solely instructed Us Weekly in February 2023 that her household was “full” and she or he didn’t have plans so as to add any extra little ones to their group. The YouTube character additionally revealed how she balances self-care whereas being the mother of two younger boys.
“As a busy mother, I simply maintain them, once they sleep that’s once I get a shower or do different issues for myself,” she stated to Us.
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