Weight Loss Bet by HealthyWage

In the beginning, I didn’t think I needed an app to cause me to lose weight, but constantly checking my weight and putting it in and watching the percent rise as well as seen my overall progress very visually calls me to really enjoy the weight loss process. Because I never wanted to watch my progress go backwards I did not have cheat days on the weekends. I also join multiple competitions one of which was in a team. From the very beginning of the competition, my team is in first place because we had a great way loss right off the bat. With the desire to never lose that position and being able to see each other’s percents, we had daily chats to keep our team moving in the right direction. I’ve hit my official weigh in and maxed out on the team competition. Despite that, I continue to wake up for 530 am runs and work outs. Thank you Healthy Wage. I will do more challenges.

They lure people into their program with promises of big payouts if you lose weight. When I tried to cancel my membership after I lost my job due to COVID and became too ill to work they refused. They only offered to pause my membership if I had a medical note from a hospital. Surprise! I’m unemployed and can’t afford to go to the DR! I also asked for my last payment to be returned as it can out of my unemployment check, and I didn’t want to get threatened with eviction for being late on rent again. They not only refused to return the payment, and threatened me with eviction, they refused to cancel my membership when I asked. HealthyWage is an unethical company that lies to you about caring for your wellbeing while making sure they can keep taking your money. They don’t really care about the people of this country right now who are suffering due to COVID. I had to cancel my bank card to keep them from stealing any more money from me. Their program is good but their policies are simply Evil. I would never wish anyone to be treated this way. They have a slew of complaints about bad business practices, and here’s another one. Truest one of the worst customer experiences I’ve ever had. You never know what’s going to happen in life, but one thing is sure. You know this company can’t be trusted to have your best interests at heart. They won’t be there when life gets tough. They will keep stealing from you as long as they can. Do not support this Evil profit crazed organization.

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!! <tiny rant>: 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. </tiny rant>