Shaquille O'Neal Reveals How Many Pounds He's Lost & How Much More Weight He Plans to Lose in 2023!

Shaquille O’Neal has some impressive stats to share.

The 50-year-old basketball player opened up in a new interview ahead of his New Year’s Eve countdown special.

During the conversation, he spoke about his recent weight loss, as well as his plans for 2023, which include losing even more weight.

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“I lost 40 pounds,” he told ET.

“I need to lose about 20 more, but impressive. Imma get real chiseled up and do an underwear ad with my sons,” he continued.

He added that he has a goal of March 6, his 51st birthday, to reach his goal.

“Shirt off. Chiseled,” he promised.

He also opened up about how he went about losing weight.

“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,” he said.

“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,” he continued.

“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.”

As for his advice? “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.”

He then 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.”

See his new look during his virtual reality NYE special!

He recently got into a spat on Twitter with a fellow celebrity.