I know, I know – get paid to lose weight. It sounds like a bad late-night infomercial that is designed to TAKE your money, not GIVE you money! But it’s true – there are two options you can consider if you want to lose weight and lose money at the same time. I’ll cover what they both offer, then provide some tips on deciding which option is best for you.
1. DietBet
DietBet has only two “games” or challenges to chose from. You can select from a kickstarter challenge where you aim to lose 4% of your body weight in four weeks or a transformer challenge where you intend to lose 10% of your body weight in six months.
Each of these games has a “buy-in” which DietBet uses to build “the pot.” If you’re wondering if this sounds a lot like poker – you’re right!
After you’ve selected the challenge you want to participate in, you then:
- Weigh-in and upload a photo of your weight.
- “Play.” In other words, diet and exercise! 🙂 Or healthy eating. Or whatever route you choose.
- Weigh out after the period of the “game” has ended.
- If you’ve reached your goal – you get paid! If you don’t – well, no money for you, but hopefully you lost at least some weight!
2. HealthyWage
HealthyWage offers several different kinds of challenges to select from. They are:
- Individual – you control all the variables such as desired weight loss and time frame
- Personal Jackpot – you split the pot of winnings if you reach your goal weight (quite similar to DietBet)
- Team – you are part of a group of people trying to lose weight. The team that loses the highest percentage weight wins cash prizes
- Fitness – try to achieve a certain amount of steps in a specified time frame.
You can participate in up to 10 challenges at one time!
The steps for HealthyWage are similar to DietBet:
- Sign up for any challenges you are interested in and place your bet!
- Verify your weight (if participating in a weight loss challenge)
- Participate!
- Verify your weight once the period has passed OR the number of steps you’ve taken.
- If you’ve reached your goal – you get paid! Congrats!
3. Which is best for you?
DietBet has much more limited offerings than HealthyWage.
If you’re looking for something where you can focus just on weight loss, but participate with a group of people, then DietBet may be for you.
If you prefer to compete “against yourself,” want to increase the amount of exercise you take or want to take on more than one challenge at once, then HealthyWage is likely a better bet for you.
Either way, you have to be willing to put some money on the line. However, if that’s the thing you need to kick start increasing the amount of exercise you take or losing weight, then either of these sites would be a great place to start!
Happy competing!
