Shaquille O'Neal gets brutally honest on the reason behind his weight loss

The Los Angeles Lakers legend Shaquille O'Neal is one of the greatest players in NBA history, a Hall of Famer who had to struggle with staying in shape once he retired and stepped out the court.

While the Lakers legend was always known as a big man amongst big men, it appears that in recent years, O'Neal's weight got to a point that made him realize a change was needed.

The Lakers icon has shared that he has lost 55 pounds over the last few months and currently weighs in at 351 pounds. “I was getting chubby and couldn’t even walk up the stairs. I didn’t like the way I looked in the mirror,” said O'Neal. “It was like, ‘I'm gonna lose 20' and then I was trying to lose 20.”

Shaquille O'Neal then spoke on his ultimate weight loss goal. “I'm probably gonna get between 315 and 330,” he said. At 7'1″, 315-330 pounds Shaquille O'Neal would look much different than it would on the average person. Throughout his NBA career, O'Neal was always the largest player on the court, using his massive frame, combined with athleticism that shouldn't have been possible for someone of his size, to turn himself into one of the game's all-time great centers.

Shaquille O'Neal went through waist surgery

One of the stepbacks that O'Neal had to overcome was that he underwent waist surgery, but now is looking to be healthy, and in shape and continues to live his life to the max through his variety of business and being an NBA analyst on TNT.