NBA legend Shaquille O’Neal has played for six franchises during his legendary NBA career that spanned 20 years.The Los Angeles Lakers legend has been one of the most successful basketball players ever to play the game. He broke several records and earned numerous accolades cementing himself as one of the game’s legends. He has had one of the heaviest physiques in the NBA back in the day. It has been revealed that Shaq has lost 40 pounds and he is looking to lose 20 more.
Shaquille O’Neal loses weight
The former NBA player spoke to Entertainment Tonight on Monday about his diet and exercise plan, saying the weight “just fell off” after he instituted certain lifestyle changes.
“A friend of mine called me and said, ‘You’re fat,’ and she gave me this guy’s name, and he did some blood work,” the retired athlete recalled. “He was saying, ‘You can do this, you can’t do that, [eat] more vegetables, [your] iron’s low.’
“Once I just started changing those certain things, it dropped,” the 50-year-old continued. “It’s all about eating right.”
O’Neal noted that he wasn’t “a salad eater” before but now takes supplements, drinks shakes and avoids soda.
He noted his plans to also eliminate bread from his routine, explaining:
“I think I could get the Marky Wahlberg look. I want to be known as the Black Mark Wahlberg.”
