NBA legend Shaq details dramatic weight loss: 'I couldn't walk up the steps'

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NBA legend Shaq details dramatic weight loss: 'I couldn't walk up the steps'
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Shaquille O'Neal told 'Entertainment Tonight' he weighed 345 pounds when he won his first NBA title in 2000. He is now striving get his weight between 315 and 330.

"I was getting chubby and couldn’t even walk up the stairs. I didn’t like the way I looked in the mirror. I was like, 'I'm gonna lose 20,' and then I was trying to lose 20."showed the Pro Basketball Hall of Famer ripping off a tank top and flexing his muscles.

Shaquille O'Neal attends a game between the Houston Rockets and the Dallas Mavericks at Toyota Center Dec. 23, 2022, in Houston."In my former life, I was @philheath we almost there @rocshabazz that @novexbiotech #gf9 baby," Shaq wrote in the post. O'Neal spoke to People magazine in March around the time he reached the 40-pound weight loss mark. He spoke about learning how to take his health more seriously following his retirement from the NBA.

Shaq attends a Shaq-A-Claus and Pepsi Stronger Together surprise for an Atlanta school with toys and treats Dec. 20, 2021, in McDonough, Ga. "I wish I would've paid more attention to it. I was such a mental warrior that none of this stuff mattered to me," O'Neal said."I didn't really take it seriously until I looked in the mirror six, seven years after I retired. I looked terrible. I had no definition and, basically, I was fat. I was really fat."

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