Shaquille O'Neal Reveals He's Lost 40 Pounds, Wants to Lose 20 More in 2023 (Exclusive) - Entertainment Tonight

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Shaquille O'Neal is making his wellness a precedence successful 2023. O'Neal spoke with ET's Nischelle Turner up of his virtual reality New Year's Eve countdown special, The Shaq-tacular Spectacular, wherever helium revealed his caller 40-pound value loss, and his plans to suffer 20 much pounds successful 2023.

"I mislaid 40 pounds," O'Neal shared. "I request to suffer astir 20 more, but impressive. Imma get existent chiseled up and bash an underwear advertisement with my sons."

O'Neal is giving himself till his 51st day connected March 6 to scope the goal.

"Shirt off. Chiseled," helium promised.

As for his determination to suffer weight, the erstwhile hoops prima said it each started aft getting immoderate revealing humor enactment back. That prompted him to not lone get a checkup but get connected a cleanable diet.

"I got a mates radical progressive -- It’s each astir eating right. I got immoderate humor enactment done, a friend of excavation called maine and said, 'You're fat,' and she gave maine this guy’s name, and helium did immoderate humor work, and you know, 'cause I was the jock -- I wasn't a crockery eater. I won't wage attraction to immoderate of that. I don't attraction astir nary of that," O'Neal said. "I didn't cognize what the quality betwixt a carb and a protein, astatine 50 years aged I ne'er knew. So, helium was saying you can't bash this, you can't bash that, more vegetables, my iron's low. And erstwhile I conscionable started changing those definite things, it dropped."

He continued, "Plus the supplements I'm taking, and the shakes I'm drinking, the value conscionable fell off. I'm not astatine 100 percent ninja mode yet. I'm inactive 75 percent."

Despite a fewer cheat days, O'Neal has stuck to his fare and workout routine. As for his proposal for radical who don't person entree to a cook and trainer similar helium does, the jock simply said, commencement by walking.

"Star off, if you can, by walking 30 minutes a day. A batch of radical can’t bash that 'cause I know, you got the kids, you gotta get to work. But if you can, commencement disconnected by walking 30 minutes a day," helium said. "Put your headphones on, enactment connected your favourite song, 30 minutes a day."

Next, destruct your vices, which for O'Neal, are bread and soda.

"Then you gotta destruct thing that you love. Eliminate it. I haven’t had soda for a while. I gotta destruct breadstuff and soda, so, if I could destruct breadstuff oregon soda, I deliberation I could get the Marky Wahlberg look. I privation to beryllium known arsenic the Black Mark Wahlberg."

Fans volition beryllium capable to get a look astatine O'Neal's trimmed-down physique successful his virtual reality NYE special. The lawsuit is acceptable to diagnostic an all-star lineup of philharmonic acts, personage guests, and an epic neon airy show implicit with a DJ acceptable from Shaq aka DJ Diesel.

The countdown includes performances from Cardi B, Ludacris, Lil Yachty, Killer Mike, WHIPPED CREAM, and DJ DIESEL himself. O'Neal besides announced additional peculiar impermanent appearances by Rob Gronkowski and Camille Kostek, who volition articulation him onstage portion surrounded by a roller rink, hoops court, and mainstage that’s filled with a marching band, cheerleaders, pro roller skaters, hoops players, and fans wrong the party.

O'Neal shared much astir the peculiar successful his speech with ET, which was inspired by his archetypal brace of VR goggles.

"Those VR goggles that you bargain astatine Best Buy -- I enactment them things connected 1 time astatine 12 o'clock, and erstwhile I took them off, it was 3 successful the morning," O'Neal recalled. "I was playing shooting games and each these games. I had 1 with a roller coaster. I'm in my room, and I'm similar a small kid, 'cause you cognize my large a** can't acceptable connected a roller coaster, truthful I rode that roller coaster astir 100 times."

The enactment isn't conscionable for those watching stateside. Because of the special's virtual nature, fans from arsenic acold arsenic Abu Dhabi tin articulation successful connected the festivities.

"Don't interest if you're not capable to ticker it erstwhile the enactment starts, arsenic the amusement volition beryllium connected loop, passim the evening, wherever you tin articulation astatine immoderate time," helium noted.

O'Neal's Immersive VR New Year’s Eve countdown special, The Shaq-tacular Spectacular, volition beryllium available across Meta Quest, Facebook, Instagram and Messenger’s Watch Together starting Dec. 31 at 3:30 p.m. PT.

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