Erica M.

Let me start by saying that I had allowed myself to incredibly overweight. I was unhealthy, miserable and hiding from my life. I'd done Healthy Wage for years but I just wasn't ready to put the effort in and only had mild success. Last December, I finally decided that enough was enough and that I was sick of sitting on the sidelines of my own life. I placed a bet on myself that would allow me to win over $2500 if I was successful. I'm now healthier than I've ever been, and I will never, ever go back.

One of the best features of Healthy Wage is the weight tracker. I loved being able to go back and see my weights from several years ago and compare them to each step of my journey this time around. I also liked the visual of seeing how I was progressing (there's basically a circle that gets filled in and it's green if you're on track, yellow if you're borderline and red if you're not on track to meet your goal).

I also have to give a shout out to the staff! As I said, I've done Healthy Wage off and on for probably 12 or 13 years, and in that time, I've needed customer service on several occasion (I ask a lot of questions LOL). Each time, I received prompt, super friendly responses. Not to sound cheesy, but the people I talked to all seemed to genuinely want me to succeed. When I finally *did* succeed, I was given heartfelt congrats from the customer service team (I had to reach out with a couple of questions about my account and about how to get considered as a featured success story). No joke, the "congrats" and "atta girls" were really genuine.

I received my check with no problem. It was sent out very quickly and I had zero issues getting paid. Since virtual security is something we're all concerned about in this day and age, I also want to emphasize that in over a decade, I never had a single issue with my payments not being securely processed, so please don't let something like that deter you from trying them out.

To sum it up, could I have lost the weight without Healthy Wage? Of course. Did Healthy Wage give me that extra motivation that kept me from quitting when things were challenging? I answer with a resounding "YES!". Please give it a shot if you're truly ready to get your health under control and be the best version of yourself...with an extra bit of cash in your pocket!