Amy Slaton Is Tired of Being Treated Like a Child (Signs She's Determined to Prove the Other Slatons Wrong)

1000 Pound Sisters Season 6 star Amy Slaton has grown up a lot in recent years and is desperate to prove herself to her siblings. The 37-year-old social media influencer was a completely different person when the unscripted series premiered in 2020. At that time, she weighed over 400 pounds and wasn't living her best life. She was a newlywed who desperately wanted to have children, but her weight got in the way.

Determined to be a mother, Amy had bariatric surgery, lost 50 pounds and had two healthy boys, Gage and Glenn Halterman. 1000 Pound Sisters season 6 found Amy living an entirely different life. After four years of marriage, she divorced her ex-husband, Michael Halterman, in 2023, and is now a single mother. She was forced to grow so much over the yearsbut her brothers still see her as their incompetent little sister.

Amy is all grown up

She wants her brothers to know this

As the youngest of the five Slaton siblings, Amy has always been treated like the baby of the family. Everyone kind of assumes that Amy can't do anything on her own, and Amy is tired of it. Now that Amy is managing her own household and raising her two children, she wants some recognition for the fact that she's come a long way. During 1000 Pound Sisters In Season 6, Amy tearfully tells her sister, 38-year-old Tammy Slaton, that she wishes everyone would stop treating her like they used to.

Amy's Weird Chocolate Shrimp Alfredo Recipe

"Just add chocolate chips"

Wanting to impress her siblings with her cooking skills, Amy decided to cook something special. She went to the supermarket during 1000 Pound Sisters season 6 to buy ingredients for your custom recipe. THE the store clerk who helped her was shocked by Amy's ingredient list: onion powder, ranch powder, garlic powder, vanilla, and Creole seasoning, for starters. "It's like regular Alfredo, just add chocolate chips," she told the dubious employee. Amy has lost 125 pounds since her television debut, so this unhealthy meal is a big deal.

Did Amy impress your family?

"This dish is fire"

During 1000 Pound Sisters Season 6, Episode 3, Tammy came and tried Amy's new interesting recipe while it was being prepared. Tammy was a little put off by the spicy flavor, but Amy worked to improve the dish. Amy later took the dish to her other sister, Amanda Halterman, 43, who loved it, saying: “This dish is fire". Amy was thrilled to have impressed her older sister with her cookingand hopes to continue to prove that she is a strong and resilient woman.

1000 Pound Sisters seasons 1 to 6 can be streamed on Discovery+.