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1000-Lb. Sisters' Tammy Slaton’s adjacent signifier successful her value nonaccomplishment travel is tegument removal surgery, but her integrative surgeon said it’s excessively aboriginal for the TLC prima to beryllium eligible.
By Bentley Maddox Nov 15, 2024 2:20 AMTags
'1000-Lb. Sisters' Star Tammy Slaton Achieves "Unbelievable" Win successful Weight Loss Journey
Tammy Slaton is acceptable for the adjacent signifier of her monolithic value nonaccomplishment journey.
After the 1000-Lb. Sisters prima weighed successful at 303 pounds successful the Oct. 15 occurrence of the TLC series, her doc Dr. Eric Smith recommended she should see tegument removal surgery. However, the 38-year-old has present tally into a roadblock.
“Tammy is not presently a campaigner for tegument removal country due to the fact that she's lone astir 13 oregon 14 months retired from her value nonaccomplishment surgery,” Dr. Brad Turner said successful a Nov. 14 clip connected TLC’s Instagram. “At this point, she should astir apt proceed to suffer value implicit the adjacent six months to a year, get to her extremity value and past we tin reapproach the taxable with her.”
And portion the quality was frustrating to Tammy—whose wellness travel has included bariatric country successful July 2022 and a 14-month enactment successful a value nonaccomplishment rehab facility—her surgeon reminded her to not suffer hope.
“I'm gonna fto Dr. Smith’s enactment support connected doing its job, OK?” Dr. Turner added. “I'm decidedly not telling you, ‘No.’ I'm conscionable telling you, ‘Not tomorrow.’”
Despite the frustration, Tammy—who stars successful the amusement alongside her sister Amy Slaton and member Chris Combs—also had overmuch to celebrate, arsenic she revealed she reached different breathtaking value nonaccomplishment milestone erstwhile she stepped connected the standard and weighed successful astatine 281.2 pounds.
“Chris said helium weighs 284,” Tammy said successful a Nov. 13 video shared to TLC’s Instagram. “I present measurement a small little than Chris. That's caput blowing.”
And Tammy besides noted that it has been rather immoderate clip since she was this small.
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“The past clip I weighed 281, I was similar 4th oregon 5th grade,” she continued. “I'm the babe sister but I'm not the large babe sister nary more.”
For his part, her member Chris was anxious to observe his sister’s success.
“Tammy's occurrence makes maine ecstatic,” helium shared successful the play six clip. “Did I ever deliberation I'd spot the time that she was smaller than me? Well, no, astir apt not, due to the fact that I ne'er thought astir her ever being smaller than me. She's ever been Tammy. Big.”
Keep speechmaking to spot much of Tammy’s value nonaccomplishment transformation.
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Sharing Her Journey
Since 2020, TLC viewers person watched Tammy Slaton's travel connected 1000-lb Sisters. She underwent bariatric country successful mid-2022 and since then, fans person continued to witnesser her translation connected TV and connected societal media. As of August 2024, she has mislaid 500 pounds.
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Summertime Style
The world prima shared a drawback of herself successful a floral people formal connected Instagram successful June.
Squad Photo
That aforesaid month, Tammy posted a radical photograph with her member Chris Combs and YouTuber Chelcie Lynn.
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A Heartbreaking Loss
On July 1, Tammy mourned the death of her hubby Caleb Willingham. "Rip saccharine angel you volition everlastingly beryllium missed and loved truthful much," she wrote connected Instagram alongside throwback photos, "thank you Caleb for showing maine existent emotion and happiness."
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Mirror Selfie
Tammy stopped for a bid of bath selfies, shared connected Instagram Aug. 25.
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Posing successful Jeans
Tammy proudly posed for an Instagram selfie successful jeans Oct. 18.
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Tie-Dyed Style
Tammy posted this video connected TikTok successful January 2024.
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"Killing It"
After she shared caller selfies successful April 2024, her value nonaccomplishment surgeon, Dr. Eric Smith, commented, "You are sidesplitting it!"
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Great Cat-titude
Tammy included successful her update a pic of herself with her cat, Chocolate.
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