Shaquille O’Neal is part of the history of the NBA as one of the most dominant players. This was demonstrated throughout his career in the best league in the world, which he left 13 years ago. A time in which the former player has remained close to the league as a commentator, and that he has also taken advantage of to enjoy other passions such as cars and business.
But, precisely in these years, Shaq has left behind some daily habits that have made him gain weight, which he has managed to leave behind now, as he himself has confessed through a recent interview with ‘ET Canada‘: “I was getting chubby and I couldn’t even climb the stairs. I didn’t like what I saw in the mirror”.
This was almost a year ago, in December 2022, when he decided that he was going to make a change in his life: “I had a blood test, A friend of mine called me and said: ‘You’re fat.’. And he gave me this guy’s name. He did some blood work, and you know, since I was the jock, I wasn’t a salad eater.. She hadn’t paid attention to any of that. “I didn’t care about any of that.”
And, based on diet and an exercise routine, the businessman has managed to lose a total of 25 kilos in a matter of months, leading a healthier life: “I didn’t know the difference between a carbohydrate and a protein. Until I was 50 I never knew. So, he told me that he couldn’t do this, he couldn’t do that, that if I had more vegetables, that if my iron was low. Once I started changing certain things, my weight dropped. “With the supplements and shakes I drink, the weight has started to come off.”
Shaquille O’Neal’s diet
Regarding the diet he followed, Shaq decided to eliminate fast food, fried foods and ultra-processed foods. In return, He included salads in his diet, he began to eat eggs daily in the form of “small rolls”, proteins such as chicken and steakand with some smoothies of protein as supplementation.
