Amy Slaton has opened up about her fears over her baby boy’s weight and voracious appetite while documenting her own weight loss journey on the third season of the reality series 1,000-lb Sisters.
The 34-year-old from Dixton, Kentucky, found out she was pregnant shortly after she underwent bariatric weight loss surgery last year. She and her husband Michael Halterman welcomed their son, Gage, in November 2020.
‘Gage is a very well-mannered baby, but I’m noticing that he’s like a bottomless pit sometimes,’ she told Michael on the TLC reality series. ‘He eats more than I do, and it’s scary because I don’t want him to be 600 pounds. I do not want him to be fat.’
Amy Slaton, 34, from Dixton, Kentucky, opened up about her son Gage’s voracious appetite on a recent episode of the TLC reality series 1,000-lb Sisters
![She explained 'he's like a bottomless pit sometimes,' adding: 'He eats more than I do'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/21/02/52042689-10330885-image-m-20_1640052021246.jpg)
She explained ‘he’s like a bottomless pit sometimes,’ adding: ‘He eats more than I do’
Amy said her son’s appetite reminds her of her sister Tammy, who weighed close to 700 pounds at her heaviest.
‘My son means the whole world to me, so I want what’s best for him. I don’t want him to struggle like me and Tammy did with our weight,’ she explained in her testimonial. I want him to be a normal, healthy weight.’
The mom added that she doesn’t want her son to ever have to ‘worry about bullies or school or anything like that’ when he is growing up.
Amy, who used to weigh over 400 pounds, also admitted that she is having a hard time caring for her son because of the excess skin that hangs off her body following her 140-pounds weight loss.
![The mom said she doesn't want her son 'to be fat' or weight 600 pounds when he gets older](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/21/02/52042691-10330885-image-m-24_1640052099878.jpg)
The mom said she doesn’t want her son ‘to be fat’ or weight 600 pounds when he gets older
![Amy said her son's appetite reminds her of her sister Tammy, who weighed close to 700 pounds at her heaviest.](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/21/02/52042807-10330885-image-a-23_1640052098069.jpg)
Amy said her son’s appetite reminds her of her sister Tammy, who weighed close to 700 pounds at her heaviest.
‘Sometimes when we go places like to the park or something, I’ll get so [worn] out because I’m carrying around so much excess skin,’ she told her husband. ‘I don’t want to be a parent who has to sit on the sidelines because they hurt too much to do it.’
She explained in her testimonial that she wants to lose another 110 pounds and get down to 150, but the excess skin is making it harder for her to reach her goal.
‘There is so much excess skin, and it does make it harder for walking, so my weight is plateauing,’ she said.
Amy also shared that the excess skin on her body makes her feel more insecure now than she did when she weighed 400 pounds.
‘To me, it’s ugly, the way it looks,’ she said, lifting her arm to show her husband the flesh hanging from it. ‘It makes me feel unattractive. I just don’t feel sexy with all this skin.
![The mom, who used to weigh 400 pounds, also admitted she's having a hard time caring for her son because of the excess skin that hangs off her body](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/21/02/52042671-10330885-image-m-26_1640052162050.jpg)
The mom, who used to weigh 400 pounds, also admitted she’s having a hard time caring for her son because of the excess skin that hangs off her body
![Amy has lost 140 pounds since she started her weight loss journey, but now she is plagued with excess skin that hangs from her arms and stomach](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/21/02/52042677-10330885-image-a-27_1640052182906.jpg)
Amy has lost 140 pounds since she started her weight loss journey, but now she is plagued with excess skin that hangs from her arms and stomach
![Amy told her husband that she has been researching excess skin removal surgery and found a place in Evansville that could probably help her](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/12/21/02/52042675-10330885-image-m-29_1640052287788.jpg)
Amy told her husband that she has been researching excess skin removal surgery and found a place in Evansville that could probably help her
‘I felt more confident when I was 400 pounds, but I had a lot of health problems back then,’ she admitted. ‘But now, I have all this excess skin and I feel like people are watching me and judging me a lot more.’
Amy told her husband that she has been researching excess skin removal surgery and found a place in Evansville that could probably help her.
She wanted to start by getting the hanging skin removed from under her chin and under her arms, saying: ‘If I get all that trimmed up, that’ll be one hell of a muscle.’
Amy said she’d also like to have the excess skin on her stomach removed and her breasts fixed ‘a little bit.’
‘I ain’t no grandma yet,’ she noted. ‘I want perky t**s, not floppy, gorilla t**s. I want them to look healthy, and not just floppy skin flaps.’