HealthyWage Review – Get Paid To Diet? [Scam Or Legit?]

HealthyWage is a rather unique and in my opinion brilliant concept that helps people to hit their healthy weight. 

Often, when we take up a diet we have a struggle to stick to that goal, a real fight and end up back to our habitual ways. Not so with HealthyWage as they put forward financial commitment, cash prizes, positive peer pressure and social motivation to achieve fitness results and weight loss goals. 

Challenges are made at both consumer and corporate level

The company was founded by two health care consultants James "Jimmy" Fleming and David Roddenberry.

In 2010 HealthyWage became the very first of it's kind to offer cash incentive's directly to users for losing weight.

Their first challenge was centred around achieving a healthy Body Mas Index (BMI) score. Later in the same year the 10% challenge started, to lose 10% of their body weight  in 6 months, bet $150 that they can and win back $300. 

Both of these challenges are no longer available and are now replaced with the HealthyWager in which you can create your own healthy weight loss bet. 

HealthyWage works by keeping you motivated by using a lot of psychological triggers closely related to "game theory". 

Due to you having to put a financial bet or a wager you have straight away the inspiration not to lose that money and to win it back and get a cash prize should you hit your weight loss target within the given specified time period that you set. 

There is also the effect of group motivation when participating in a group and the positive peer pressure therein. 

The HealthyWager is very simple concept - you set the weight that you need to lose and the time frame and place your bet and the calculator will show you how much you can win. 

Basically you are betting against yourself and your ability to lose the weight. If not...you bet is lost!. 

$10,000 Challenge - this is a team challenge a ideal for coworkers and friends. The prize is won by the team with the biggest % of weight loss. It is a group reward and therefore each team member has to help each other so that you have the possibility of winning the grand prize. 

JackPot Challenge - A weight loss challenge where both teams and individuals can participate compete against each other to lose a pre-set percentage of body weight by the time the challenge ends.

Everyone that takes part in the event has to pay an agreed amount into the "pot" - at the end of the challenge - the  winner takes it all with teams sharing the prize between them. 

If you are thinking of cheating the system or trying to game it in someway - you can't!. These computer things and apps are pretty smart - as are the people behind them.

Getting started is super easy and few simple steps and you can get stated!

1. Pop on over to their website HealthyWage.com
2. Tap/click that "Calculate Prize" Button
3. On this new page enter your weight loss goals in terms of both weight to be lost and the time frame in which you want to lose it.
4. Figure out your bet and how much you can win using the calculator on the site. 
5. Focus on how much you can win by losing weight
6. Make your bet and focus on losing weight!
7. Verify your weight!

It is super easy to do. Just make and upload a short weight in video following their instructions or download their app and follow the instructions on screen. 

Nothing difficult to do. Once your weight it verified you are good to go and start with your weight loss challenge. 

HealthyWage can pay you in one of two ways by check or by Paypal. The choice of which is up to you. 

One thing to keep in mind if your winnings are greater than $600 in a year healthywage can and will deduct tax from your winnings for you. 

No, the company and site HealthyWage is not accredited by the Better Business Bureau. On the plus side they have a perfect A+ rating.

Naturally speaking nothing is perfect..except my perfectly bald head!.

There are a number of complaints received by HealthyWage, being neutral and reading the complaints which were focused around billing it really does appear that there was a common misunderstanding between the complainee and the payment service offered by the company, 

In the vast majority of the cases those complaining had mistaken the company's service of allowing them to split their wager/bet into monthly payments as a membership fee.

HealthyWage is not a membership site, no membership fees are charged. If they allow you to split a $240 bet into 12 x $20 payments that is only a service offered by the company and not a membership fee. 

First and most importantly it is a good way to stay motivated to losing weight, if you have ever tried to lose weight you know just how difficult it can be to stay motivated. 

Another plus point is the fact that you can set your own weight loss goals and within a specific time range it is entirely your choice as it the amount in which you place as a wager. 

Participation as a group and the social aspect of losing weight together and the extra bonus of helping each other to eat and live a healthy lifestyle adds to the motivation and staying on track with weight loss goals. Better Together as they say. 

Taking part in multiple challenges and increasing the amount that you can win by losing the same amount of weigh is a great plus point too. 

Let's not forget the health benefits as well as looking and feeling much better having lost weight!.

Despite all the pluses and benefits there are a few downsides a few thing that I didn't like about healthywage.

• It is not free to use or free to join the challenges as such because there are registration fees to be paid. This I didn't like as It can turn a few people off of try out what is a pretty good way of staying motivated and inspired to lose weight.

• Team challenges and participation - although a great idea can cause a bit of fraction and friction between members if one is not keeping up or falling behind. 

• It is not an actual way to make money, although you earn a little bit by losing weight.

On that last point - HealthyWage does have an affiliate program from which if you were interested in building out your healthy diet site and documenting your weight loss journey you can build your own weight loss blog and earn up to $60 per referral. 

Absolutely not!. HealthyWage is a very healthy way to stay focused and hit your ideal weight. I actually do like the concept and idea of what the founders are trying to achieve. 

I would not call a company that has paid out over $10m USD so far in "prizes" for people who have got healthy and lost weight.