Get Paid To Lose Weight – Are You Serious?

I am always looking for new and creative ways that you can make money from doing the things that you love.

Just as a way of helping my readers find simple tasks that they can do and get paid for it.

But who would have thought that you can actually get paid to lose weight?

I mean, I have seen companies that will just pay you to use the internet, or even pay you for shopping.

So it should not have come as a surprise that there is in fact a company that will actually pay you to lose weight!

What a way to keep yourself accountable to your own weight loss goals. Right?!

Losing weight is already hard in itself.

When you have a best friend who moans to you all the time about her ups and downs, it really is hard to ignore that some people go through this struggle.

I understand that it is even harder to get the motivation to keep going when all odds seems stacked against you.

With a non-stop, crazy lifestyle, who has time to stay on top of their weight loss goals when the kids want attention, dinner needs to be cooked or the house needs to be cleaned.

It is somewhat easier when you have an accountability partner or if your will power is so strong, then keeping motivated may not be an issue for you. 

But if you do not have either, would you be willing to bet on yourself that you can lose the weight?

Here’s how two ladies did it.

Jennifer’s Story

They say that the best motivation is a financial incentive framed in a negative way.

What if you can bet $15 per month that you would lose 100 pounds within 10 months? If you win the bet you will get $4181 and well if you lose, you get nothing!!

Would that kick you in the backside to get shaking and really give it your all??

That is exactly what Jennifer from Richmond, Texas did.

And guess what?!

She made $2680 profit from winning the bet. You see Jennifer started her weight loss plan as one would usually expect.

She joined a fitness bootcamp and cut out certain foods from her diet.

But when she lost a cool 75 pounds and her weight plateaued, she did not make excuses and give up like most people would have.

She did not feel sorry for herself. She found a new incentive and got an extra kick of motivation by joining HealthyWage.

Jennifer bet $150 for 10 months that she could lose 100 pounds and when she crossed that goal by 2 pounds she earned $4180.60!

Tremendous right?!

Jennifer said “I knew if I were to put so much money into it, I would do exactly what it takes to reach my goal,”.

So said … so done.

According to Jennifer, after she plateaued, what helped her was remaining consistent and focusing primarily on her diet. After doing research she understood that she was not eating enough healthy fats. When this was added to the mix, the weight started coming off again.

Way to go Jennifer!

More Success Stories

Valerie, another HealthyWage participant, gave HealthyWage a try in order to keep her focus. After signing up, Valerie admits that it was easy for her not to take her weight loss challenge seriously but she said what gave her that push was the thought that she could lose the $300 that she bet on herself.

Valerie’s goal was to lose 45 pounds in 12 months and although there were times when the temptation would derail her, knowing that there was a prize for achieving her goal gave her more encouragement to keep going.

Valerie won $1000 from HealthyWage after she lost the 45 pounds as she promised she would.

What Is Healthy Wage?

When I learned that people were getting paid to lose weight in this unique approach I decided to look a bit deeper and do my own Sherlock Holmes investigation to see whether this was legit or a scam.

I came across an article from National Public Radio, a multimedia and news organisation, that featured Ben Carnes.

Ben Carnes is a school teacher and football coach who bet $60 a month on HealthyWage to lose over 100 pounds.

When he hit his goal he won about $1500. Read Ben’s story here.

Even NBC’s Today Show and Good Morning America featured HealthyWage which for me is a clear indication that I was working with something here. Check out the video below.

HealthyWage was founded in 2009 and was created in response to research which says that “people are more effective at losing weight and getting more active when their own money is at risk”.

I can see how this can be a HUGE motivator.

If I knew that I was to risk losing $700 over the fact that I did not push forward with a goal I wanted to achieve, then nothing would keep me from reaching that goal.

What other motivator do you need?

How Does HealthyWage Work?

If you need an extra burst of accountability then you start at the HealthyWage Calculator.

You can experiment here and enter variables such as the amount you want to bet, how much you want to lose and the duration of your challenge.

The Calculator will then update and tell you how much you can win if you achieve your weight loss goal.

You can enter as many variables as you want until you are satisfied with the right bet for you.

Once you are satisfied, it is time to sign up for the program and lock in your bet.

Now it is the fun part. Time to lose the weight.

In order to win the bet and the prize attached to it, you must reach or beat your weight loss goal by the last day of your wager.

If you lose the weight before the end date of the challenge then you must maintain your weight goal until the last day of the challenge.

If you do not lose the weight before the last day of the challenge, then you lose the bet, you do not win the prize and you forfeit the money that you bet on yourself.

Your challenge only starts when you verify your weight so even if you place a bet today, the timer will not start to countdown until your weight is verified by the HealthyWage Verified Weigh In.

We think this is an excellent and fun way to get paid to lose weight.

Ready To Get Started?

Enter your details on the HealthyWage Calculator and see how much you can win.

Join the HealthyWage Program by clicking here. 

Do you like this way to make a bit of extra money? Tell us in the comments what other fun, unique ways you have made money.