influencer Samantha Milton has lost 260 pounds with the help of GLP-1 — and she’s ready to share her story.
Milton, who is known on social media as “Smaller Sam PCOS,” said people in an interview on Monday 5 January that five years ago he realized that “something had to change” in his life and with his health. The revelation came at the same time as her husband, Zach MiltonI was struggling with alcohol abuse.
Samantha, 29, recalled being diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) at age 12, which started her disordered eating and weight gain. At her heaviest, Samantha said that it weighed 400 poundswhich took an emotional and physical toll.
“It was pretty extreme. If you saw me from one summer to the next, it was up and down,” she told the outlet, noting that after the birth of her first daughter, she suffered from postpartum anxiety and depression that added to her stress levels.
Meghan Trainor and her husband, actor Daryl Sabara, took GLP-1 medication. “We did 75 Hard after (our son) Riley was born and man, we crushed it,” Trainor, 31, said on the Thursday, April 10, episode of the couple’s “Workin’ On It” podcast. “Then we heard more and more from our friends and (…)
“I don’t like to blame her problems, but I definitely ate those feelings. I ate for comfort,” Samantha confessed, revealing that she won. £200 in five years. “I needed to make some serious decisions about where my life was going, and my husband’s alcoholism contributed to that.”
The influencer, who has shared her food journey and weight loss process online, explained that after she and Zach broke up for about a month in college, she decided to focus on herself. (At the time, the couple shared two children under the age of 2).
“We needed that time to make sure we were going to be healthy for our kids and each other,” Samantha recalled, adding that her husband quit drinking “cold turkey” and has been sober ever since.
Samantha Milton
Courtesy of Samantha Milton/InstagramThe mother of three, for her part, said it started with her when she was young weight loss goals because he didn’t have the money to join a gym or get a trainer.
“I couldn’t put my life on hold to be healthier. I had people who trusted me. I had my kids,” explained Samantha, pointing to a calorie deficit and exercise as keys to success. “I learned to adapt my old lifestyle.”
When she started losing weight, Samantha taught herself to choose low-calorie foods and when she ate indulgent meals to make sure they were healthier than in the past.
In 2022, Samantha began sharing her journey through TikTok and Instagram focusing on their fast food trickslike eating a Chick-fil-A kale salad with chicken strips and honey hot sauce.
She felt seen by her followers, who are now up to 4 million and counting, because she was showing her “normal life” as a mother to young children who don’t have a “chef at home making me stuff.”
Samantha went one step further taking GLP-1 drugs — which he started two years ago — to maintain his now 140-pound weight. she said people that continuing to eat fewer calories than she burns, doing the treadmill, and microdosing GLP-1 has calmed the food cravings and helped treat her PCOS symptoms.
Hannah Jiles, Janelle Brown and more reality TV personalities have been open about weight loss since appearing on camera. Hannah, for her part, spoke frequently about body positivity during Love Is Blind Season 7, which aired in October 2024. “I’ve always struggled with my weight, my whole life. Whether I was skinny or I was (…)
Through your weight loss, including skin removal surgeries that helped her shed 11 pounds, Samantha has also grown closer to her husband.
The couple has lost weight over the past five years (Zach has dropped 90 pounds) and renewed their vows in November 2025. (Samantha revealed to April 2025 that together the couple had lost 335 pounds.)
“It was magical. I never thought I’d have my fairytale moment, but we did,” Samantha said of her special day. “You can change your lifestyle in small ways that add up to big changes. And you can come out on the other side of anything.”