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Ophira Eisenberg. Hello, Jonathan. I have Phira. Do you know what I've been doing, Jonathan?

A hydration challenge. You've been doing a hydration challenge. What's the lowest form of a challenge?

What's the challenge? The challenge is to just drink 76 ounces of water a day.

And how do you portion out these ounces of water? Do you have a schedule?

I have an hydration app that you log in, very satisfying. It's got a good graphic on it,

so it feels more... it's a professional. I feel like I'm professionally drinking water.

I'm drinking on an expert level, but also I've noticed this interesting... I don't know what

the algorithm is, but of course if you put in I drank 10 ounces of water, it says you're this far,

the little thermometer increases. But if you drink, put in that you had six ounces of red wine,

it takes away two thirds of your... Oh, now we're waiting for it. But there's water in wine,

no. Yeah, but I guess not enough, and it takes away from your hydration. Well, that's fun.

I have to have two gallons of water every day, and then you can have as much wine as you want.

I would just like to point out that I do not drink wine during the day, but sometimes I do.

Have a glass with dinner, and maybe I have one or later at night when I'm watching television,

and so what will end up happening sometimes is that I've reached my hydration goal,

and then all of a sudden it's time to go to bed 10 p.m. and I'm 16 ounces short. What to do? Oh,

jeez. What to do? So do you just guzzle 16 ounces right before bed? No, that's terrible. What a terrible idea.

Yeah, so I got to work it out. Yeah, I've never had a focused hydration situation.

Every now and then I'm like, I'm like, I haven't had a glass of water in six months,

and then I go and I have a glass of water. I'm like, this is amazing. This water is amazing.

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