‘1000-Lb Sisters’: Fans Are Worried About Amy and Tammy Slaton’s Codependence
Tammy and Amy Slaton’s relationship is part of what got them noticed and landed them 1000-lb Sisters. The two have helped one another throughout their weight loss journeys on the TLC show. However, some fans are worried that their relationship may actually be more hurtful than beneficial.
Tammy and Amy Slaton’s relationship on ‘1000-lb Sisters’
Amy and Tammy have been sharing their lives with viewers for years. Before 1000-lb Sisters, they had a YouTube channel.
“We started YouTube before we started the show,” Tammy said in a since-deleted TikTok. “Our followers from YouTube contacted TLC.”
Originally, they were going to be added to Family by the Ton, but after producers saw Tammy and Amy’s relationship, they were given their own show.
“At first, we were going to be on that show but then TLC and all the producers and everybody at TLC were watching our YouTube videos and they loved how Amy and I interact with each other, you know, how we joke around,” she said. “How real we are with each other. We tell each other how it is, this and that, and we are not afraid to be ourselves and we ended up with our own show.”
Fans are worried about co-dependence
Though the sisterly bond can be endearing, some fans have worried that Amy’s constant care for Tammy has been actually stoping her from losing weight.
“It is blatantly, brutally apparent that Amy and Tammy are co-dependent on each other to the point that it’s an extremely unhealthy dynamic,” one fan wrote on Reddit. “It’s extremely obvious that Amy enables Tammy to overeat (because I really don’t see how Tammy is able to cook for herself). But has the thought ever crossed anybody’s mind that Amy enables and overfeeds her sister on purpose? Like when Amy bought a meal plan for Tammy and Tammy ate all the meals in two days…is it possible that Amy purchased the meal plan of like 32 meals knowing full well that the odds were very likely Tammy would binge eat them?”
Other fans thought the enabling was just a byproduct of how the two grew up.
“I wouldn’t say it’s as much enabling as it is old habits, the two of them growing up close and Amy eventually choosing to focus on herself while just letting Tammy stay in her old ways in order to keep the peace,” another person wrote. “The new trailer really shows how much of a bully Tammy is (the scene where they’re on the sofa and Tammy repeated calls Amy stupid) so I wouldn’t blame Amy for just making things easier on herself by catering to Tammy’s wants and needs.”
Is Amy enabling Tammy?
It isn’t just the fans who feel this way. One therapist even told the sisters as much.
“On the episode with the bariatric therapist, he says that Tammy and Amy are codependent,” one fan commented. “They told him that Amy does all the grocery shopping. Tammy gives Amy a shopping list and money. But Amy said if there’s unhealthy food on the list, she buys it for Tammy even though it’s wrong because she said she can’t tell Tammy what to do with her own money. So I agree that Amy is an enabler.”
‘1000-lb Sisters’ Season 3
At the end of last season, Tammy had actually gained more weight and was further away from her goals than ever. Amy was also struggling with being a new mom. According to season 3’s synopsis, both women will struggle this season. In upcoming season, fans will see Tammy check herself into a food addiction clinic and Amy try to find a way to balance her weight loss with mothering.
