Now in her early 40s, Ripa is not only a busy TV personality, but she is also happily married and a proud mother of three. So how does she manage her life while looking fit and fabulous? “I’m pretty fit and I’m really strong and that’s more my mantra,” Ripa reveals to New York Daily News. She goes on to admit that she is just like many women out there who dislike dieting. Instead, she invests her time in mixing up various workout routines to maintain her figure. In 2005, Ripa appeared on the cover of TV Guide saying, “My body is so much better since I had kids!” She claims she weighs 20 pounds less than she did in high school. “I lost my own baby fat when I started eating whatever fell off the high chair instead of a four-hour lunch. Running around the city every day – taking the kids to the park, pushing them in the swings – that’s a life workout.”
“It wasn’t until my kids went to school. I had so much time on my hands. I’ve always been fit, but never really formally exercised, signed up for classes and things like that. When I did, I just got hooked. I loved it. I thought it was fun, and I had so much more energy,” Ripa explains in an interview with the New York Daily News.
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Though she might not like to restrict herself to any particular diet, Ripa shares her favorite food. “I have one that my kids absolutely love — we call it the American Flag Salad. It’s red, white and blue; watermelon, blueberries and feta cheese. Mix it together and you can cut up some fresh mint and sprinkle it on top. It’s light and effervescent and delicious and nutritious,” Ripa enthuses in her interview with the New York Daily News. Aside from eating right and a hard workout, FitSugar.com reports that Ripa loves rewarding herself by taking short naps. “Beauty sleep is undoubtedly an age defying tip, wouldn’t you agree?” Ripa not only exemplifies fitness, but she is also very active in the cause of raising awareness and prevention care for ovarian cancer. In a “Lifechangers” segment with ExtraTV, she candidly expressed how she lost a close friend to the disease. Since then, the philanthropic talk show host has partnered with Electrolux annually to organize events that benefit Ovarian Cancer Research Funds. According to Starpulse.com, Ripa recently hosted a Super Saturday, a designer charity sale, in the Hamptons, to benefit the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund. The event raised $3.5 million for the cause. azhealthandliving.com | September 2013
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