HealthyWage

bitsko
bitsko Posts: 6 Member
edited November 30 in Health and Weight Loss
I really didn't know which category I should post this in? Please, forgive me if I am posting this in the wrong category. I am just curious, has anyone every signed up for Heathywage? I am seriously looking into this for motivation to stay on track with my weight loss. I understand it is a financial commitment with a reward in achieving your weight loss goal. Would like to hear some feedback on Heathywage. Thanks for your honest opinions.

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  • kristieshannon
    kristieshannon Posts: 160 Member
    Tell me more about it! I'm using the Pact app. Basically you make a bet each week that you will track (x) number of meals and/or (x) number of workout days. If you meet your goal you win a small amount of money (usually less than $2), but if you don't pay your goal you lose whatever amount you've bet. It's motivating for me! The winnings aren't a big deal, but I sure don't want to have to pay!
  • eldamiano
    eldamiano Posts: 2,667 Member
    Sounds like a potential scam....
  • Salex579
    Salex579 Posts: 9 Member
    A friend of mine did Healthy Wage. She bet $50 a month that she would lose almost 80 pounds in 8 months and if she did, then Healthy Wage would pay her $1400. She did!!! Of course you have to do the pictures/videos of yourself standing on a scale holding that day's newspaper when you start and when you meet your goal. She chose to count calories, did a couple of Whole 30s, and started running to help meet her goal.

    So if money motivates you, then go for it!
  • Packerjohn
    Packerjohn Posts: 4,855 Member
    So how do the operators make money?
  • eak107
    eak107 Posts: 1 Member
    Because people lose their bets, they don't actually lose weight so they get nothing. Also on the team challenge every player pays $75, 5 players per team, last round there were over 400 teams and the prizes total $29k. They brought in $150k at least and they earn interest on that cash for 9 months and then say 90% of folks managed to keep off their 10% lost weight and remember to weigh in the last time (probably generous). Still some pretty sweet profit! Their site is terrible; slow and buggy. I can't imagine it takes too many humans to run things now that the infrastructure is in place, wish I had thought of this kind of business model first
  • chandanista
    chandanista Posts: 986 Member
    I don't use Healthywage but have had some good experiences with Dietbet. I like the 6 month transformer challenges, slow and steady.
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