Shaquille O’Neal is opening up about his body.
In a new interview ahead of his New Year’s Eve countdown special, the 50-year-old basketball player opened up about his recent weight loss.
He shared some impressive stats to ET:
“I lost 40 pounds!”
Shaq spoke more about his weight loss plans for the coming year, saying:
“I need to lost about 20 more, but impressive. Imma get chiseled up and do an underwear ad with my sons.”
He revealed that he has set his eyes on a goal date: March 6, his 51st birthday:
“Shirt off. Chiseled.”
Shaq also spoke about his he went about his weight loss journey:
“I got a couple people involved — It’s all about eating right. I got some blood work done, 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, and you know, ’cause I was the athlete — I wasn’t a salad eater. I won’t pay attention to any of that. I don’t care about none of that.
I didn’t know what the difference between a carb and a protein, at 50 years old I never knew. So, he was saying you can’t do this, you can’t do that, more vegetables, my iron’s low. And once I just started changing those certain things, it dropped.
Plus the supplements I’m taking, and the shakes I’m drinking, the weight just fell off. I’m not at 100 percent ninja mode yet. I’m still 75 percent.”
He shared his advice for losing weight:
“Start off, if you can, by walking 30 minutes a day. A lot of people can’t do that ‘cause I know, you got the kids, you gotta get to work. But if you can, start off by walking 30 minutes a day. Put your headphones on, put on your favorite song, 30 minutes a day.”
Shaq likewise recommended getting rid of vices:
“Then you gotta eliminate something that you love. Eliminate it. I haven’t had soda for a while. I gotta eliminate bread and soda, so, if I could eliminate bread or soda, I think I could get the Marky Wahlberg look. I want to be known as the Black Mark Wahlberg.”
