Slaton sisters, Amy and Tammy were thrust into the spotlight after captivating audiences
with their fun-loving personalities and heartfelt challenges in the reality show Thousand Pound
Sisters.
Amy weighed 406 lbs, and Tammy weighed 605 lbs making their combined weight over 1000
lbs, hence the title Thousand Pound Sisters.
Despite the sisters’ weight issues being the focal point of the show, they refused
to be dictated by it and worked hard to shed weight.
The sisters first gained popularity through Amy’s Youtube channel where she posted different
kinds of fun videos.
Their lives changed forever when the duo became viral in 2014 after uploading a video of them
playing the Chubby Bunny game which has since garnered millions of views.
Amy’s newfound fame as a reality star hasn’t stopped her from going back to her roots.
She still uploads new content regularly on her Youtube channel and has close to 500K
subscribers.
The first season of Thousand Pound Sisters aired on January 1st, 2020 as they tried to
qualify for bariatric surgery.
Amy successfully managed to lose the required weight and underwent weight-loss surgery which
helped her weight drop to 360 lbs.
While Amy achieved the goal she initially set for, Tammy struggled to hit the number
required to get the surgery and instead ended up gaining more weight.
Amy’s husband Michael Halterman was also a key figure in the TLC hit and was very supportive
to Tammy.
They met while attending the same high school in Kentucky, and eloped to Nashville on March
15, 2019.
The couple renewed their vows on the show since no family members were present at their
first wedding.
Amy never hid the fact that her biggest motivation behind losing weight was to have children
with her husband, saying “I always wanted to be a mom.
I feel incomplete as a woman because I can’t have a kid.
My husband Michael means the world to me.”
In season 2, Amy fulfilled her lifelong ambition of being a mother when she discovered she
was pregnant just four months after getting bariatric surgery.
However, health care professional Dr. Charles Proctor revealed that her body wasn’t fully
healed from the surgery, and recommended she wait at least two years before conceiving.
Amy instead decided to risk her life and went ahead with her pregnancy.
“I know, it’s like, I’m scared as hell because it was only four months ago that I
had my surgery and now I’m pregnant,” she said on the show.
In November 2020, she gave birth to a baby boy named Gage Deon Halterman via C section.
Talking about her delivery complications, she said, “Gage was still in the breech
position, so in the end, I had to have a C-section.
And then they took him away to the nursery to get some tests run because he had low blood
sugar, ‘cause it dropped.”
When Amy held her baby for the first time, she described the moment as surreal calling
her baby perfect.
“Holding Gage for the first time felt surreal.
My heart just melted.
He was so perfect.
His little fingers, his toes.
Yeah, I made this little ball of joy,” she gushed.
Since having her baby, Amy has shared many photos of her son with her fans on Instagram.
In March, the proud mom posted writing, “Mommy’s big boy teething but he’s doing really well,
only a bit fuzzy here and there.
God, I love this baby.”
Fans might not be aware that Amy was arrested for stealing a $7 book from Walmart in 2010
- way before she became a successful reality and Youtube star.
She later pleaded guilty to the crime and received two years of probation along with
a $500 fine.
She released a Youtube video in 2017 opening about the incident, revealing she was unemployed
and struggling with her grandfather’s death.
“I always learn from my mistakes and this was a big mistake.
I never will do it again.”
Amy has certainly come a long way since the incident and changed her life for good.
With season 3 on its way, we can’t wait to witness Amy’s new journey as a mom and
her interesting dynamic with her sister Tammy.