Weight Loss Bet by HealthyWage Reviews

Confusing navigation; create a dashboard for all challenges, instead of a menu. Too much “meaningless” info; who cares about ribbons they can’t see? Also, Heather Warnat needs to make it more clear and intuitive on how to sign yourself and a friend up for the same challenge. Knowing the sign-up steps prior to entering them would be most helpful. Nothing like trying to do a challenge with a friend, you both pay for it, then end up not getting credit for each other (something you couldn’t have known until AFTER signing up), because you did it together individually, and not one at a time via invite. That blows!

Tip: sign up one person at a time by invite only to get credit for linking friends!!

: Two weeks into a challenge, some folks are at 105% - 150% of their goals - these seem like they should be red flags for “ringers.” HW: Are you REALLY investigating these people who may be taking money from others unethically? I have a lot of weight to lose, have no reason medically that would impede weight loss (my metabolic rate is fine), I work out 4-6 days per week for at least 90 min at a time (more on weekends) with a certified personal trainer; I eat clean, organic, and am exercising portion control, and I have nowhere near those numbers. Something stinks.

This is a great idea, and highly motivating. While I haven't completed a challenge yet, everything I've read tells me that this is legit. But OH MY GOD WeightLossBet is an absolute disaster. I am enrolled in seven challenges right now, and yet there is nowhere I can go to see all my challenges listed with amounts, goal weights and important dates. You have to go to each individual challenge page in order to view this information for each challenge separately. When you're in multiple challenges, that makes tracking extremely difficult. And there's no visual tracking (i.e. a chart) at all. I can't even see how much money I've committed--not in total across the challenges, but not even for the individual challenges! Once you've committed to a challenge, the information on how MUCH you've committed just...disappears.

There's just really nothing good to say about WeightLossBet itself. It needs to be burned down and rebuilt from scratch.I was torn between a 2-star and 3-star review, but went with a 3-star review because the program itself is sound. Just don't expect a good user experience.

I love the concept. Money is certainly a good motivator to lose weight. WeightLossBet is good too, for the most part. I like that you can join several challenges at one time. Just a couple things I’d change. 1. There’s a social aspect to WeightLossBet . And you can tell people how great they’re doing. But someone likes your post, you can’t see which post they like without scrolling through all the history. That’s a pain. 2. When you enter in your unverified weight, you have to navigate away from the page before going back in so that WeightLossBet can refresh. 3. I wish you could have more interaction with the other participants. I’d like to be able to reach out directly to some that I see. You can see their posts and comment on them, or create your own, but direct person to person contact isn’t an option. I think some of the people on here (like me) would like to be able to make friends and talk to people. Making direct friends and sharing things with them is also a good motivator.

WeightLossBet is the reason I was able to drop 20 pounds in 6 months. Losing my money if I didn’t meet my goal was very motivating. Also having the support of other members helped me a lot. I haven’t reached my final goal, so I will be signing up for another round soon. The few times I needed to reach out to customer service they were very responsive. And i received all my payouts promptly. The only negative for me was one of the Team Challenges I participated in. The first one was great. The second one I joined was disappointing because all but one team member quit So if you do a Team Challenge, I’d recommend you know the other people on your team. There are plenty of individual challenges, so this is not a big deal. Overall, this is a great app and a great program!

If you are like me and your company sends out an email to sign up and create a team, you think great. After you sign up they have you set your goals and write down your weight. After all that there is a verified weight, they don’t tell you about. My non verified weight was 220lbs. I didn’t own a scale when I signed up this was the weight from my parents machine 2 weeks earlier and I knew then I was going to loose some weight. So when I signed up I had already been dieting for 2 weeks, my goal when I signed up was to loose 30lbs and get to 190lbs. Everything I put down when I signed up. Then I got a scale and did a verified weight I was already at 211. Now all of a sudden healthy wage changes my goal to 181lbs because I said I wanted to loose 30lbs. I ended up after a 12 week program loosing 34lbs. Weighing 187lbs but healthy wage doesn’t recognize what I put down they make stuff up for you and then send you endless emails based on the goals they set and it just makes you mad, loosing weight isn’t easy all they care about is taking your money

I signed up for my first HealthyWage in October, and so far have LOVED IT. The community is so supportive, and the concept is so motivating in my weight loss journey.
HOWEVER - please, PLEASE, I am begging y’all PLEASE show WeightLossBet some love. Some suggestions that I would REALLY love to see on WeightLossBet :
-THIS IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, when typing out a comment, it would be sooo helpful if my typed out message didn’t disappear as soon as I click somewhere else. I cannot tell you how many time A DAY that I type out this long, well thought out reply or comment only for me to accidentally tap outside of the comment and it all disappear. It’s so incredibly frustrating.
-Currently, when trying to reply to others comments when using the directory from notifications, WeightLossBet will completely shut down after pressing “post” - oh, and it doesn’t post the comment... again.
-If there was a way from your friends list to see all of that friend’s recent posts... also a way to bring up all of your own posts would be nice.
-the “on track” tracker graph in WeightLossBet would be AWESOME. It truly is a great way to see your progress, but it can be tedious to have to go to the website to view it.

I’m in my HealthyWage for another 13 months... would love to see these improvements along the way!!
Thanks HW team for everything you do.

I joined a team weight loss challenge in January, just about a week or so into it. I never quite got into it in time for this one, however it did launch me into other challenges. I went on to join a step challenge (which won me my entry fee plus $7), an individual weight challenge for a more reasonable amount of weight (3 months to lose 6%, as opposed to the team challenge of 10% in 3 months—pretty hard to lose that safely).

The phone app is slightly less useful than the website. It’s hard to find the Weight Watchers weight verification on WeightLossBet , for example. In fact the website isn’t all that much better, but it does provide an easier dashboard view.

All in all, the challenges are a bit of extra motivation for me and they’re helping me sustain the right mindset for losing weight. If I just win back my entry fee—and continue to lose at least 6-10%—I’ll be satisfied with this experience.

I was all for this company until my monthly wager payment was taken out of my account twice for the month. I took screenshots of my bank transactions that clearly shows they took out 2 charges and they had 2 different transaction numbers , so no it wasn’t the same charge. I emailed them and we have been going back and forth for a few days now about the charge and still no resolution. The person I was communicating with even went as far as to suggest the friend I referred to the HealthyWage program might have used my card , like are you serious here. I’m sorry if I have to continue to go back and forth about my money that was taken out by your company that should’ve never double charged me, that isn’t a company I would want to simply do business with. My advice to anyone who’s looking at this as a way to help you lose weight and gain money, you might want to search elsewhere because you just might end up losing weight and your money smh!!

When I first heard about WeightLossBet I was very hesitant to believe it. Well I just hit my 6 month goal the other day and they’ve already paid out my winnings and everything. Great concept! Wonderful community. It was nice to have people going through the same thing with me. They helped motivate me. Even the healthy wage team is there to help with suggestions if something isn’t working for you or if you hit a point where you can’t lose more. If you are looking to lose weight and money motivates you then this is WeightLossBet for you! Highly highly recommend!

I downloaded WeightLossBet and filled out all the info. I said 40 pounds in 6 months for 30 bucks a month. That comes out to 180 dollars I pay for the 6 months. If I won I would be awarded 480 roughly. The whole prize came to 631. However I put it off. I just received an email as an incentive to go ahead with the wager of 40 bucks! I thought wow that’s nice! so I pushed the link and it added every thing together.....but now it tells me that my my OVERALL prize goes up to 671 instead of 631. However, instead of the 180 im continuing to pay it now says 220 a month which comes out to about 36 dollars a month and my PROFIT prize stays the same at 480!!! How is that an incentive?? I’m so confused. You award me 40 dollars extra in prize money but essentially take it back out when you charge me more a month? I’m hoping it was a mistake. That’s so shady to me!! You promise me an extra 40 bucks a month if I win, but you take it out by charging me more a month! Way to NOT get my business. Smh

Several problems. Never emailed back. I’m one of those people who doesn’t have their exact weight memorized. App said to guess. I Guessed I was about 13 pounds heavier than I was. Obviously want to change my goal since it doesn’t need to be so high but can’t. I put 35 pounds. Id be thin but not too thin if I made it at the weight I guessed. I’d be super unhealthy if I made i now. Instead of 95 pounds at 5 foot I’d be like 70 something pounds. Id probably die if I successfully make that goal. and I still can’t adjust it or be refunded Also I’m too light for WeightLossBet & got an error when I tried to enter my current weight before I guessed higher. So I’m too thin for WeightLossBet , but they’ll still take my money and refuse refunds. Also DIGITAL SCALE ONLY. YOU MUST BUY ONE BUT THEY DONT TELL YOU ITS REQUIRED BEFORE SIGNING UP. never would of signed up if I knew I’d have to buy a scale which I can’t do.

There is a bug in WeightLossBet, Wells Fargo sent me a replacement debit card, so my monthly wager didn’t go through. I wasn’t aware of this, so I tried for days to log into WeightLossBet , I couldn’t see any of my stats or wagers. I thought WeightLossBet was bugged, so out of frustration I tried accessing on another device. As soon as I logged in on my laptop, I received a notification that my payment didn’t go through. There was no such notification when using the iPhone app, which is the only way I had really interacted with HealthyWage. A simple pop up could have saved days of frustration.
My app and phone were up to date.
Hopefully this saves someone else some frustration.

I’ve been on WeightLossBet for about 4 months now. I don’t get any emails with info, i don’t get any messages to keep going, or helpful info to help with weight loss. It’s not worth it. Today I decided to extend another 6 months just to try and win my money back. WeightLossBet said zero due now for another six months and $25 a month when that extra 6 months was to start. Instead I was charged $150 in full immediately. Now i don’t see any way of contacting them except for email. My advice is to find other means to get help with weight loss. It’s not worth the money even if you don’t win! They need to make it worth the money with ongoing support and immediate help when someone needs it like in this situation. I have emailed them now to get a full refund and Withdraw of that 6 month extension. I will not be using WeightLossBet again!

I was stuck in a rut 7 months before my 40th Birthday. I kept saying I would lose weight before my birthday and as it crept up I was only gaining it. I happen to see this ad for Heathy Wage on Facebook and so I researched it. It was just what I needed to motivate myself to drop the pounds. I triple checked to make sure it was legitimate before I committed. It was a seamless process after that. I put in the effort and really made time for myself during this journey. I was successful and I would highly recommend WeightLossBet to anyone looking for that extra push to lose weight and get healthier.

WeightLossBet is pretty user-friendly and quick to use for recording weigh ins and checking stats. It definitely helped keep me on track during my weight loss challenge.
I would recommend WeightLossBet and the Healthy Wage challenges to anyone who is dedicated to losing weight. I just recently finished my challenge after losing 60 pounds in 9 months and made a little over $2900. They verified my weigh in and sent my prize money within a few days. I’m so grateful that I found this opportunity! Thank you Healthy Wage for helping me reach my fitness and health goals!

I didn’t talk much about HealthyWage the first time I used it, because I wasn’t sure it was legit until I received my check in the mail. But it’s legit!
Besides the money, it is an excellent motivator! I was disciplined and hard working. But because I was able to pick my own time table and weight loss goal, I wasn’t miserable or starving. I was happy and healthy!
I’m doing the challenge again because I’ve gained some weight back and I don’t want to get back to my original weight. Since I know this works for me, I am very excited to do it again!!

I love this concept. I am a known degenerate and at one point the largest person I knew! A few months into dieting pretty hardcore I found this group and it was a perfect match for me. I made a few bets on myself. This is much more than just setting some nice goals. Thinking about the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow pushed me harder than any reward I’ve tried giving myself in the past. Still a long way to go but first 2 bets down. One big one left to meet! Great support if you want it or you can just go at it alone.

Team Challenges require you to be part of a team. But, team standings are meaningless and only individual totals count in the end. YOU SHOULD BE AWARE, and they don't tell you, that if one of your teammates doesn’t pay the entire team’s status is hidden from the standings board. No way to tell how many are actually in the challenge and roughly where you stand among them. I’ve not been able view my status for weeks because teammates I’ve never met have not paid. Requests to change this policy went unhonored. Might be best to create your own team and adjust settings to prevent those you don’t know from joining.

When I found out about Healthy Wage, I wasn't sure if I should trust WeightLossBet. I kept thinking.. "Will they really pay me if I lose weight? Is it going to help me at all at losing a few pounds?" I decided to give it a try and wowwwww!! I've lost 38 pounds in 6 months and won a US$1,550 prize. Incredible!!! I'm sure I wouldn't have lost so much weight if it wasn't for the $$ motivation! I feel great, everyone I know wants to start a challenge with Healthy Wage too! I never write reviews here but I really want to spread the word of how GREAT this is!!!!

Update your app folks! You can’t access a good portion of the program from your phone. The chat feature shows a shortened message with the option to click “more” to see the rest.....but it only works maybe 1 in 10 times. The notifications that someone has commented on or liked your comment don’t take you BACK to the comment so you can read them. You have to just scroll scroll scroll to find it.
When you leave WeightLossBet it signs you out with no option to stay logged in. When you come back, you have to click past the new member sign up page to log back in. Every. Single. Time.

I love the program, but WeightLossBet is REALLY poorly designed.

*Update one year later*12/24
Still like WeightLossBet . Still have to close down WeightLossBet to see edits and status changes after entering the unverified weight. Is anyone working on this?? Either way I am almost 60 lbs lighter than the time of first review. WeightLossBet works to keep me on track and I am happy for that!

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To see changes you may need to go out and go back in or click out of the section you want to update and go back in without closing WeightLossBet . Overall I like it for what I need to do and that is stay on track. Thank you creator or creators.