Shaquille O’Neal Revealed He Lost 55 Pounds amid Weight Loss Journey!

Updated On March 18, 2024 | Published By: Denise | In Health , Wellness

Shaq O'Neal lost 55 pounds. source: Page Six

Shaquille O’Neal lost a whopping 55 pounds to get his weight down to 351 pounds.
O’Neal played for the Louisiana State University in the 1990s.
The former NBA star is known for his kindness and giving habits as well.

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Shaquille O’Neal discusses his weight loss journey

Shaquille O’Neal is inspiring fans with his amazing weight loss journey.

The former NBA star, 51, said he lost a whopping 55 pounds to get his weight down to 351 pounds and told Entertainment Tonight that he wants to reach between 315 and 330 pounds.

He said,

“I was getting chubby and couldn’t even walk up the stairs,”
“I didn’t like the way I looked in the mirror.”

He added, “I was like, ‘I’m gonna lose 20’ and then I was trying to lose 20,”

O’Neal confessed that he set extreme goals for himself in the past that he never followed.

Shaq O'Neal — Shaq O’Neal played for the Louisiana State University in the 1990s. source: Page Six

The multiple-times NBA champion has changed his lifestyle and eating habits and even joked that he currently owns “a little 4.9 pack” but the goal is to get “an eight pack.”

The 7-foot-1 player said in 2000 that he weighed 345 pounds and went on to be 30 pounds heavier the following year.

By 2002, O’Neal said he reached up to 395 pounds at just 30 years old.

Despite that, he won NBA titles with the Lakers during all three years. In 2004, his weight trimmed down to 315 pounds after he was traded to the Miami Heat. Soon enough, he got himself in the best physical shape in 2006 at age 34.

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Shaquille O’Neal discussed his weight-loss eating habits

In his decades-long successful career, Shaq played for Orlando Magic, Los Angeles Lakers, Miami Heat, Phoenix Suns, Cleveland Cavaliers, and Boston Celtics from 1992 to 2011.

Before being an NBA champion, Shaq played at Louisiana State University for three seasons.

In December, the athlete revealed that he already lost 40 pounds after changing his eating habits.

He said at the time,

“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,”
“He was saying, ‘You can do this, you can’t do that, [eat] more vegetables, [your] iron’s low.’”

The now-retired basketball player said that he was not a salad eater before but now takes supplements, drinks shakes, and avoids soda.

The 50-year-old added,

“Once I just started changing those certain things, it dropped,”
“It’s all about eating right.”

The player said that he was planning to get rid of bread from his routine and explained, “I think I could get the Marky Wahlberg look. I want to be known as the Black Mark Wahlberg.”

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