8 Apps That Pay You to Lose Weight
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Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to lose weight? What if I told you that there are apps that will pay you to lose weight? That sure makes the topic a bit more interesting, doesn’t it!
But it might seem too good to be true. Who would pay you to lose weight? The truth is, there are a few ways you can get paid to lose weight. We’re going to highlight three of them for you today.
Read on to see if you can use one or more of these ways as a springboard for your weight loss goals.
How to Make Money Losing Weight
Below are our favorite ways to make money while losing weight. Each works a bit differently. Read them over and see if one or more might be right for you.
1. Healthy Wage
Healthy Wage launched a health and wellness company in 2009. Their goal? To make weight loss and fitness more fun and effective. You bet money on your weight loss and fitness results, and win or lose depending on those results.
And we’re not talking small potatoes for cash prizes here. Healthy Wage’s top cash prize is an attractive $10,000. When Deacon Hayes and his wife, Kim, wanted to lose weight, they used Healthy Wage. They signed up for a Healthy Wage competition and competed with others.
“The Healthy Wage competition we entered was fun, and it held us accountable. My wife won her competition, which was nice because she made some money”.
“I lost mine, so I lost some money, but with Kim’s winnings it was a wash. And the important part was that we both lost weight”.
2. WayBetter
Losing weight shouldn’t be painful; it should be fun, and that’s why WayBetter was created. The premise of WayBetter is to make losing weight fun by creating social games that help you build momentum to reach your goals.
Each game is a multi-week challenge. You can choose a single activity or a more holistic approach to weight loss. They help you achieve your goals by breaking them down into smaller goals so it doesn’t feel so overwhelming.
You can set goals to lose weight, take more steps, eat better, or any other health-related goal.
3. Evidation
Evidation works differently from Healthy Wage. It’s a fitness app that pays you to track your steps. The app is free, and it will pay you $10 for every 10,000 points you earn. You earn points by taking steps and other activities.
Deacon Hayes downloaded the Evidation app last year to help him keep his weight down and be accountable for his health.
“The Evidation app is straightforward to use. It’s just a set it and forget it kind of an app. I just downloaded it and hooked it up to my fitness app, such as FitBit and Google Fit”.
“I’ve only earned about $10 so far, so it’s not a huge money maker. However, it’s so easy to earn. Why not use it”?
Rewards are paid out via bank account deposit or PayPal. Once you’ve made the request, it takes roughly three to seven days to receive your reward.
4. DietBet
DietBet works similarly to Healthy Wage. They have games – or bets – you can sign up for and join in on. Or you can create your own with family and friends.
Everyone contributes a bit of cash, and at the end of the challenge, the winnings are split between the (weight) losers.
Patty of Phoenix, Arizona, joined DietBet after being challenged by a fitness celebrity she follows. “In January, I decided it was time to lose the extra weight I’d gained after having my first baby”.
“In 28 days, I made small changes that converted to an overall 4% (6.1 lbs.) weight loss. I paid $30 to join the bet and cashed out $38.07 at the end of the bet. It was simple, motivating, and fun!”
When you sign up with DietBet you start by submitting two photos. One is of you standing on a scale, the other is a picture of the numbers on the scale.
DietBet winners have earned over $62 million to date. They’ve got a variety of games to choose from, from four-week-long games to twelve-month-long games. Visit their website through the link above for more information.
5. MyWalgreens
You can do more at Walgreens than shop for your medications and household goods. Now you can get paid to reach your health goals. MyWalgreens has a 4-week health challenge that pays you in Walgreens Cash rewards for each week you reach your goal.
Only myWalgreens members can play, but it’s free to join.
Each myWalgreens challenge starts on Monday and ends seven days later. Complete a challenge, and you’ll earn $1 in Walgreens Cash for the month ($0.25 per week).
If you meet the challenge every week for four weeks, you get an extra spin, which may earn you another $2 in Walgreens cash.
As a myWalgreens member, you can set two goals: physical activity and lifestyle goals. To track your progress, you can use a tracking device or enter it manually, checking off the days you meet your goals.
When you click on Health Goals in your myWalgreens dashboard, you’ll see the health goals you can use. Choose two goals for the greatest chances of winning your Walgreens cash.
6. Sweatcoin
Sweatcoin pays you to walk. But it doesn’t pay you in cash. Instead, it pays you in Sweatcoin, a virtual currency you can use to buy products in their store or donate to charity.
The Sweatcoin app has been rated the top app in over 60 countries because improving your health benefits society. So, what can you do with your Sweatcoin?
They offer thousands of products to choose from to reward yourself for your hard work. They include access to apps like Audible and Headspace, as well as physical products like iPhones and Apple watches.
If you’d prefer, you can donate your earnings to top charities, including African Wildlife, Cancer Research, or Save the Children, to name a few. The British Journal of Sports Medicine found that Sweatcoin users increase their activity by 20% just by earning Sweatcoins.
Don’t worry about your privacy, either. Sweatcoin doesn’t share your information with third parties – privacy is their primary concern.
7. Stickk
Stickk is an app committed to helping you ‘stick to’ your goals. If you’re tired of setting goals and, after only a few days, giving up, you aren’t alone, and that’s what Stickk wants to help.
The Stickk app bridges the gap between setting goals and achieving them with the Commitment Contract. This binding agreement is an agreement with yourself. To get started, you put money on the line to keep yourself motivated and define the steps you’ll take to reach your goal.
You select your goal and set the parameters. You are 100% in charge of the process. Next, you’ll have a referee watching over your progress and your ‘bet’ on the line.
Along the way, you’ll post progress pictures and even bring friends and family on board to be your support.
Right now, there’s $59,000 at stake and 580,000 commitments created. Whether your goal is to walk more, lose 10 pounds, eat healthier, or lift more weights, make a contract with yourself and get going.
8. Commit Club
Commit Club is a social accountability app that can turn your habits into money-making opportunities, or you can use it for free.
On Commit Club, you can have solo challenges, which are free, or join a team and wager against yourself.
You set your commitment, such as walking for 30 minutes daily or quitting sugar. Next, you track your progress by checking in and naming accountability partners who can ‘nudge you’ if you’re falling behind.
You set the duration of the goal and then check in daily. You get your pledge for the day back if you meet your goals. If you don’t, you lose it, and it becomes someone else’s gain.
If you join a team, you get to see everyone’s progress, so you know who’s successful, who is still in progress, and who didn’t make it. Seeing you pitted against your team members can motivate you to push harder, as can the money you have on the line.
Commit Club is 100% free, and you choose the amount you wager if you decide to put money up against yourself.
Commit Club relies on accountability from others and the motivation of losing money to get you to change your habits, whether they are to lose weight, get fit, move more, or any other health-oriented goal.
Summary
According to Healthy Wage, research has shown that cash rewards have increased weight loss success. Also, research shows that people are more effective at losing weight when their own money is on the line.
So, if you need extra motivation to reach your weight loss goal, consider trying one of the options listed above.
Putting money on the line might give you the motivation you need to make some positive changes to your health. And who knew you could be getting paid to walk?
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