The reality star shared her New Year’s resolutions for 2024 on TikTok
Amy Slaton is focusing on her health for the new year.
On Sunday, the 1,000-Lb Sisters star posted a video on TikTok sharing her New Year’s resolutions for 2024, hoping to make some changes that will benefit her health.
“1: quit smoking. I know I did bad. I’m working on it,” she wrote. “2: mental health 3: lose more weight.”
In the comments section, the 36-year-old received support from her fans as she sets her new goals.
“We’ll all get through it together 👏👏👏,” one follower wrote while another added, “LETS START A NEW YEAR W A BRAND NEW US. WE LOVE YOU AMY STAY STRONG MAMA🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰”
Since getting weight loss surgery in 2019, Slaton has lost 176 lbs. But the reality star admitted that she’s now focusing more on her mental health rather than her physical size.
“You can’t have weight loss without mental health,” she recently told PEOPLE.
After a tumultuous year in which Slaton went through a divorce from her husband of six years, Michael Halterman (the two are parents to sons Gage Deon, 3, and Glenn Allen, 1), her mental health was “the worst it’s ever been,” said Slaton. “And it wasn’t just affecting me, it was affecting Gage and Glenn. So it was just rough.”
Slaton finally realized how serious her mental health issues were after a massive blow-up between herself and her sisters Amanda and Tammy during a trip to Florida over the summer. “That’s not the person I am,” she said of the confrontation, which will feature sometime during the TLC reality show’s fifth season. “That is not the person I want to be.”
That fight prompted Slaton to seek help. “I’ve said I’m not a therapy person — I said, ‘I will never go to therapy,’” she said. “But I went to therapy. And I’m happier.”
She was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, depression and acute stress disorder, “which is like PTSD from the whole stuff going on with Michael,” she told PEOPLE. “It’s a relief to know that I’m not crazy. It was something totally different. I’m not just snapping because I’m snapping. I’m snapping because I’m bipolar.”
Slaton is continuing to go to therapy, she said, and she’s on medication for her conditions. And as her mental health improves, she said her weight loss will follow and she’ll even introduce healthier habits to her children.