In a shockingly candid moment, the NBA legend confessed to an interviewer that he’s lost about 60 pounds over the past six months by taking injections of the diabetes drug once a week Mounjaro.
The med peels away pounds by reducing appetite and slowing down digestion, helping users feel fuller for longer.
“It was amazing,” marveled six-foot-tall Barkley, who claimed he weighs just 290 pounds after crushing the scales at a whopping 352. “I’m starting to feel like a human being — not fat anymore.” .,” he joked.
Barkley said his doctor scared him to do something about his blubber by telling him, “There are a lot of fat young people. There aren’t many fat old people. They’re all dead.”
The round Hall of Famer blames some on him weight gain about a recent hip surgery that slowed him down, but said he’s back on track now, exercising, “eating a little better” and getting his weekly shot in an effort to hit a 270-pound goal.
“Man, I want to be here – I don’t want to leave all my money to my freebooter family!” Barkley teased.
But critics accused the 60-year-old King Charles use of the drug is selfish because it deprives others who need it more. There is a national shortage of diabetes medications vital to those suffering from the chronic disease.
Untreated diabetes can eventually cause a variety of devastating health problems, especially heart disease, blindness, amputation, kidney failure, and death.
