Tammy Slaton talks about how her weight loss surgery benefited more than just her health.
On Wednesday, 1000 lbs. Sisters star, 37, posted a video on TikTok responding to a follower who complimented her on her hair.
“I actually wanted to talk about my hair. If you’ve watched, in season four episode 3 you’ll see in the beginning I had red curly hair. That was last February and since then my hair has really grown a lot,” she said with a smile.
“So the surgery was great for my hair, my body and my health. And for my everything!” she cooed. “I’m proud of myself, I’m proud of my hair… it’s a work in progress.”
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Tammy recently opened up about how her weight loss journey has changed her life and what milestones she’s achieved after losing 440 lbs, from her peak weight of 725 lbs. She had bariatric surgery in July 2022 and now weighs 285 lbs.
“One of the big changes I’ve gone through this year is probably small to most people,” she told PEOPLE. “But for me it was huge.”
“Just to be able to walk without a walker or to be pushed by a wheelchair, and there is no oxygen. I no longer even sleep with him at night,” she boasted. “Back then you could fit in a regular vehicle, the front seat, and then the belt buckle, and now you don’t need to use an extender. So just what seems insignificant to some people is huge to me.”
One of Tammy’s milestones was even documented 1000 lbs. Sisters. In PEOPLE’s exclusive clip from the TLC series, Tammy was at home with her brother Chris when he suggested she try sitting in the front seat of the car now that she’s lost so much weight.
“We’re going to try and put you in the front seat today, are you up for it?” Chris asks.
“Yes,” he reluctantly answers. “I’m just not sure I’ll be able to… fit between the door and the console.”
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Tammy Slaton before and after weight loss surgery.
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“The last time I sat in the front, it was probably 15 or 20 years ago. But I’m willing to give it a shot and see how it goes,” says Tammy.
Chris then jokes that he’s going to “squish” her in the car and that they’re good as long as the door can be closed. Tammy hesitantly goes outside and uses her walker to get to the car. Her attitude completely changes when she can sit in the front seat and fasten her seat belt.
“I did it!” she says with a big smile.
“When Tammy actually realizes that she’s in the chair and she’s ready and the door can be closed, you can tell that the little battle she just had made her feel great, because even at 16 she couldn’t sit in the front seat buckled in,” Chris says in the recording. “And now it’s like Gray Poupon, baby!”
“Sitting in the front seat, it’s like a whole new world,” adds Tammy. “You experience everything from a different point of view. Instead of being the second person who saw things, you are the first person,” she said with a laugh.
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