Kelly Ripa Says She Ate Like Mark Consuelos for 72 Hours and Looked ‘Super, Super Fit.’ Here’s What She Did

“It’s the only time I’ve listened to Mark about my diet,” she said

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos at the 2025 Oscars.

Kelly Ripa says following Mark Consuelos’ diet left her “super fit” after just three days.

During the June 9 episode of Live with Kelly and Mark, the 54-year-old talked about going on her husband’s “protein-heavy diet” after she struggled to zip up her dress for the 2025 Oscars.

Consuelos, 54, said the diet is “the craze now.”

“You put me on that!” Ripa said on the show. “So right before the Academy Awards, I was having trouble getting my dress zipped up the side. It was a side-zip, the dress, and I kept getting zipped into the dress. I don’t know if any women have experienced having your side skin sipped into your dress. It is a punishing thing… And you put me on a high, high protein diet.”

“It’s the only time I’ve listened to Mark about my diet because I typically don’t like to do what you’re doing,” she admitted. “I just find, you’re like, way too disciplined. I can’t live that way. But for 72 hours, I can live like Mark Consuelos so I lived like Mark Consuelos for 72 hours.”

Kelly Ripa and Mark Consuelos at the 2025 Oscars.

Ripa said she didn’t love sticking to the diet because she’s not really a fan of animal protein, but after doing it, she had no issues fitting her dress for the awards show.

“I ate exactly like you told me to eat and that dress zipped right up, no side skin,” she said. “And I looked super fit. Super, super fit. So thank you for that.”

Consuelos explained that he was reading the news and learned how important it is to add fiber to your diet when you increase your protein intake.

“It’s really, really important. ‘Recommended 25 grams of fiber per day for women, 38 grams for men.’ So it’s crucial for ‘maintaining a healthy gut microbiome and may lower the rates of chronic disease such as diabetes,’” he said.

Consuelos then asked Ripa if during that time, she was eating high-fiber foods like nuts and yogurt. Ripa teased that she had no idea what she was eating during the 72-hour period.

“You were there, you were managing my diet,” she said. “I’m like, ‘I don’t know, I ate whatever you told me to eat.’ Literally, if he was like, ‘Eat this,’ I ate it. And it was great for the 72 hours I had to suffer through it. But they’re talking about daily life every day, if you’re having a high protein diet…”

“…Make sure you take your fiber,” Consuelos added.