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Shaquille O'Neal has revealed that he's lost weight over the summer, trimming down to 351 pounds, although the basketball star insists that his journey to getting fit isn't quite just done yet.

The Los Angeles Lakers legend told Entertainment Tonight that he's lost a whopping 55 pounds, as of late, which is only six more pounds than when he won his first NBA championship with Kobe Bryant in 2000.

'I'm probably gonna get between 315 and 330,' Shaq said, adding that he sets 'crazy goals' for himself while also poking fun at his NBA on TNT colleague, Charles Barkley, who he calls 'fat'. 

'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,' Shaq further said. 

The 51-year-old is also going through a drastic diet change, joking that he currently owns a 'little 4.9 pack' but that his ultimate goal is to get 'an eight pack.'