00:00 Hey everyone, I'm Kelly Rizzo
00:01 and this is my Women's Health Body Scan.
00:03 What I love most about my body is the fact
00:06 that it gets me where I need to go,
00:08 that it has provided me with just aspects
00:11 of health and fitness,
00:13 and that it really does respond well.
00:17 You know, if I'm not doing a lot of great things
00:19 to my body, I'm gonna notice it,
00:21 but then when I can really tap into what's good
00:24 for my body, what's healthy for my body,
00:25 I also notice that, I feel the difference,
00:28 and it's very responsive.
00:31 I would actually say the part of my body
00:33 that I didn't used to be a huge fan of
00:37 and now it's grown on me a bit would probably be my nose.
00:41 I feel like it's something that so many people
00:44 have a problem with, you know,
00:45 it's always kind of a trouble spot,
00:47 and I did have it done when I was 19,
00:51 and since then I've always kind of felt like
00:55 it still didn't really fit my face or something,
00:57 and really just the last couple years
00:59 I've grown to just appreciate it,
01:01 and instead of even attempting to do something like,
01:05 oh, maybe I'll get it fixed again,
01:06 no, I'm like, this is how it's supposed to be,
01:08 I'm going to learn to love it and live with it
01:11 and just be happy with it and appreciate the fact
01:13 that it does what it needs to do.
01:16 So on "Special Forces," the entire point of the show
01:20 is that they strip you down mentally, physically,
01:25 emotionally to your absolute core
01:28 because they need to know what you're capable of,
01:31 because this is a very realistic simulation
01:34 of what they put the Navy SEALs,
01:37 British Special Forces through,
01:38 so they really do everything they can
01:42 to not only strip you down, but beat you down,
01:44 and you are not used to sleeping in a bunkhouse
01:48 with 14 people who are strangers on day one,
01:53 and who are snoring and wrestling about,
01:57 and it was very, very exhausting
02:00 because you're not getting sleep,
02:02 you're not eating how you're normally used to eating,
02:05 and just you're very depleted
02:08 because of the rigorous schedule
02:10 that they put you through as well.
02:12 So when I finally got to my final challenge,
02:15 which was carrying this Navy SEAL Zodiac boat
02:19 almost two miles through a field in New Zealand,
02:22 and I'm with actual Olympians and huge, huge men
02:26 who are in incredible shape and then me,
02:28 it physically broke me, but because I was so exhausted
02:33 and beaten down emotionally and mentally as well,
02:36 it's just everything came out.
02:38 So I did learn what my limits were,
02:40 but they really do a good job of pushing you
02:44 as hard as they possibly can
02:45 until you get to that point where you're like,
02:47 I just can't take it anymore.
02:49 I would say every day I'm doing something,
02:52 whether it's walking, swimming,
02:53 or working out with my trainer.
02:56 I've been really into a chin-up challenge lately.
03:00 I am up to 10 now, which is a very big deal.
03:03 The fact that I've made it to 10,
03:05 it has been this kind of lifelong goal
03:07 that I finally just accomplished last week,
03:09 and I'm very, very proud of myself.
03:11 But for Special Forces,
03:13 I did have to up the ante just a little bit
03:16 because you're training to be a Navy SEAL.
03:20 So I couldn't just go with my regular training schedule,
03:23 although I only had about eight days notice before I left.
03:27 Fortunately, because I'd been working out with my trainer
03:29 for months before that, I was at least in that groove a bit.
03:33 However, I started training extra hard
03:36 by filling up a backpack
03:38 with about 30 pounds of water bottles
03:41 and running up my hill.
03:44 So I trained for that, and I think it helped a bit
03:47 because when I got there,
03:48 even though these bags were so heavy and so cumbersome,
03:52 I was able to kinda hang with the boys
03:54 and carry these incredibly heavy bags.
03:57 Some go-to exercises that really helped me in targeted areas.
04:02 I do love squats.
04:05 I love squats because my trainer's always like,
04:07 "We gotta get that booty.
04:08 "Gotta get that booty tight.
04:10 "We gotta get it in shape."
04:11 And squats have really done a number, I've noticed.
04:15 And then also, as I've just mentioned,
04:17 I'm really into chin-ups
04:19 because I did just get this bicep tattoo,
04:22 and I'm like, "I can't let my arms get out of shape now
04:24 "because they have to look good because of this tattoo."
04:26 So the chin-ups have been helping with that,
04:29 and also push-ups.
04:30 I'm up to 30 strict men's push-ups.
04:33 So the push-ups and the chin-ups, I feel,
04:35 are really getting the arms in shape,
04:36 and that's always been a troubled part for me,
04:41 have been my arms.
04:42 They've kind of been a little disproportionately heavier
04:45 than the rest of my body,
04:46 so I have to work extra hard to make sure
04:48 that my arms stay in really good shape.
04:50 Anything weights-related or even body-resistance-related
04:55 I love doing, whether it's like Pilates, yoga,
04:57 any type of weight training, that I'm fine with.
05:00 I hate endurance stuff.
05:03 I hate running.
05:04 I hate being on a treadmill.
05:06 I hate it and I dread it, but I know I have to do it.
05:10 So I have a very well-balanced diet.
05:14 I just try to eat everything in moderation,
05:17 kind of whatever I'm feeling in the moment.
05:18 I will say if I had to lean towards some sort of diet,
05:23 it would be a little bit more of the Mediterranean diet,
05:25 because I'm Sicilian, so it's kind of in my blood
05:29 in terms of healthy fish and olive oil and lots of veggies,
05:34 but also in terms of the healthy aspect of it,
05:38 it's probably not recommended to have a ton,
05:40 but I can't not eat pasta.
05:42 So what I've done is I have adjusted my pasta intake.
05:47 So just on a typical day for breakfast,
05:50 maybe I'll have some sort of a smoothie,
05:53 a protein smoothie after a workout.
05:56 Don't really eat a ton of breakfast.
05:57 Maybe I'll have some eggs and toast,
05:59 and then for lunch, usually maybe yogurt and blueberries
06:04 and some sort of grilled salmon or something.
06:07 And then for dinner, I kind of just have whatever I want.
06:11 Sometimes it's pizza and a burger,
06:14 but usually I try to have a really high quality burger.
06:17 You know, I'm not going to get fast food,
06:19 although I used to love that growing up, but not anymore.
06:21 And then I do have a weakness for dessert.
06:24 So at night there has to be some sort of sweet treat
06:28 at the end of the night.
06:29 I can't just have my dinner and then go to bed,
06:32 whether it's a little ice cream
06:34 or some sort of, you know,
06:36 chocolate chip cookies are my weakness.
06:37 So some sort of like chocolate chip cookie.
06:39 I try to do it in moderation,
06:41 but it can get a little out of control.
06:43 I have so many tattoos that I offhand,
06:47 I probably couldn't count or know offhand exactly how many.
06:51 My first one I got was when I was 16 in 1995,
06:55 and I have the Pearl Jam Stickman tattoo.
06:59 It's like this big and it's the Pearl Jam Stickman,
07:03 which I'm still very proud of to this day.
07:05 I have like an Italian flag back here
07:08 that says Rizzo above it.
07:10 I have a bunch of stars.
07:11 I have a star here that's actually
07:13 covering up something else.
07:15 These are my nieces and my sisters' birthdays.
07:19 This is one of my more recent ones that I really love.
07:23 This is a little martini glass that I got in honor of Bob
07:26 because he loved martinis.
07:29 So that's just a very single needle.
07:32 It's all one line, the whole martini glass.
07:35 This is like my Italian arm.
07:36 I have a cross for obvious reasons.
07:39 It says, "Con tutto mio cuore,"
07:41 which means with all my heart.
07:42 And then it says, "Sciamina" here,
07:44 which is where my dad was born in Sicily.
07:46 This says, "Rinascimento" here,
07:48 which means renaissance or rebirth in Italian.
07:51 This is my most recent one, which I love.
07:53 This is a flight path.
07:55 Anyone who knows me knows I'm obsessed with airplanes
07:57 and everything air travel related and air industry related.
08:00 And it starts, the plane here starts in Palermo,
08:03 which is where my family's from, where my dad was born.
08:05 And then it goes to ORD, which is the Chicago Airport Code,
08:09 which is where I was born and grew up,
08:11 and then ends at LAX, which is where I live now.
08:13 So that's my favorite one and my most recent one.
08:17 And then I have a little bee here for Bob
08:19 that I got before he passed away, actually.
08:21 And he was like, "Why'd you do that?"
08:23 I'm like, "Well, I wanted to get a bee to surprise you
08:26 and, you know, a nice little bee for you."
08:28 And he goes, "Well, that was too spontaneous.
08:30 Why didn't you tell me about it?
08:31 I would have given you my signature bee.
08:33 I would have drawn you a bee."
08:34 I was like, "Oh, damn it.
08:36 Missed opportunity."
08:38 In terms of mental health, I'm pretty fortunate
08:40 in that I can at least make my own schedule.
08:45 So when I'm working really, really hard,
08:47 when things are a little crazy,
08:49 whether it's with events or press or traveling,
08:53 at least I know that it might be go, go, go
08:57 for a few days, a week, something like that,
09:00 but then there is going to be some downtime.
09:01 So I can always look forward to that downtime
09:03 knowing that I'm able to schedule a few days
09:06 where I can just relax.
09:08 I can just focus on me time, you know,
09:11 watch the guilty pleasure shows I want to watch,
09:15 just bedge out around my house, go on a walk,
09:18 just relax, spend time with friends,
09:21 spend time with my family.
09:22 That's what's important to me,
09:23 knowing that at least I can have that balance.
09:26 That's really something I've been trying to focus on
09:28 is that all things work together for good
09:30 and how can we take even the toughest times
09:32 and turn it into something positive.
09:34 (upbeat music)
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