“1000 lbs. Sisters star Tammy Slaton shared another important update on her weight loss journey.

a clip Posted on TLC’s Instagram Wednesday showed the reality star stepping on the scale and it showed she weighed 281.2 pounds.

“I think the last time I weighed 281 pounds was in fourth or fifth grade,” he shared, adding that he now weighs less than his older brother, Chris Combs.

“Chris said he weighed 284 (pounds). I’m a little lighter than Chris now. It’s mind-blowing,” continued Slaton, 38. “I’m the little sister, but I’m not the ‘big’ sister anymore.”

Slaton revealed that he lost nearly 20 pounds in three months after gaining 303 pounds when he went to his doctor’s appointment.

Combs admitted in a confessional that he never thought his sister would be younger than him, saying, “She was always Tammy; she was big.”

The TLC star has been documenting her weight loss attempt on the reality series since 2020, when she weighed approximately 725 pounds.

Slaton lost 200 pounds in two years after doctors told him he needed to lose some weight to qualify for bariatric surgery.

Slaton shared the following after undergoing the procedure in 2022: I lost about 300 pounds the next year and lose 440 kilos Until April 2024.

Slaton’s dramatic weight loss forced him to give up the walker. oxygen support tank he It was used for 15 years.

“I’ve been able to strengthen my lungs… And recently the doctor had me stay off my oxygen machine during the day,” she told People in June 2023.

“I now only wear my oxygen at night along with my BiPap (bi-level positive airway pressure) machine. “I monitor my oxygen levels throughout the day and keep my machine at hand in case I need it.”

In addition to exercise, Slaton is seeking invasive weight-loss treatments and wants to go under the knife for skin removal surgery.

per one clip Posted on TLC’s Instagram On Thursday, in the upcoming episode, a doctor told Slaton that she would probably have to wait another year before getting the surgery because she had not had weight-loss surgery so long ago.

The doctor advised Slaton to continue losing weight until he was fit for the procedure.