Be Rewarded For Your healthy choices!! GET CONNECTED And Earn #BalanceRewards Automatically! #cbias

Are you trying to walk a certain number of steps every day?

Or are you a runner, trying to run a certain amount each week?  

OR (I think this is most people!) are you trying to manage your weight?

Did you know Walgreens will give you rewards (rewards you can use at Walgreens) for making these healthy choices?!  I know, how cool is that, right?  How, you ask?  Check it out!

Q: What is Balance Rewards for healthy choices?

A: Balance Rewards for healthy choices gives you points for staying well, whether you track walking, running, cycling, weight management, blood pressure, or blood glucose.

Earn 20 points for each mile, 20 points when you add a weigh-in, and 20 points for blood pressure or blood glucose readings at Walgreens.com/healthychoices (subject to daily and monthly limits). You can log your personal wellness goals, track progress, earn badges and connect with the Balance Rewards community to stay motivated. You can also sync with leading fitness and health devices & apps to track activity and earn points automatically!

As you know, I’m a techie, gadget-girl and so that last sentence, “You can also sync with leading fitness and health devices” grabbed my attention.  Wow I can earn points a-u-t-o-m-a-t-i-c-a-l-l-y, by doing what I”m already doing!  It doesn’t get better than that.  We all know the rewards of exercising are better health, enjoying life, etc. blah, blah, blah, right? But we all say, where’s the money?  NOW, you can earn tangible rewards.  That you can use on things you need every day…. or FUN STUFF YOU WANT!  Or stuff that helps you exercise better, like armbands and water bottles… or pedometers… or energy bars… What would you buy with your Walgreens Balance Rewards?

Uh huh!  That’s what I bought, a Brita Water Bottle and an armband!

Are you ready to sign up?  Joining Walgreen’s Balance Rewards is free and so easy!  

Go to Walgreens.com and at the top you’ll see “Balance Rewards”.  Click and follow the instructions to join.  After you fill out the form with your email address, name, address, phone number, and birth date, you’ll get your Balance Rewards Number.  But when you go to Walgreens, you can always just give them your phone number to access your account.  On the right side of the screen, you’ll see, “Your Healthy Activities”.  Click on “View Dashboard” and you’ll go to the Program, where you earn points for healthy choices!

If you are already a Walgreen’s Balance Rewards Member, it’s easy to activate the program.  At Walgreens.com, click on Balance Rewards, and then you’ll see the screen above.  Under Balance Rewards for healthy choices, click on Register Now and follow the instructions.  Easy-peasey!

Once you’ve joined you can:

• choose a screen name
• edit your profile
• add a picture
• fill out your motivation statement
• adjust privacy settings

You can:

• add fitness goals

You can :

• log an activity to manually track progress

OR (THIS IS MY FAVORITE PART)

• you can connect health monitoring devices to automatically sync with the Balance Rewards!  I know I keep saying, “It’s Easy!” but it really is as easy as 1-2-3, if you are just now purchasing the device.  If you already have it, you jump straight to “3”!

I am already using three devices/apps (Fitbit Flex, Fitbit Aria, and RunKeeper) that are connectable to Walgreens Balance Rewards.  If you want to see if your device is supported, click on “Connect Device”, select “All” and you will see a listing.  The manufacturers currently on the list are BodyMedia, Fitbit, iHealth, Jawbone, and Withings.  All with various devices.  There is also a tab for “Apps” because you can currently sync with MapMyFitness, MyFitnessPal and RunKeeper.

You choose your device from the list and click on “Connect”.  Here is how I did it for my Fitbit Aria scale:

I clicked “Connect” on the screen above and that took me to a login for Fitbit to give permission to Balance Rewards by Walgreens to access my profile and data (see the screenshot below).

That was it!  Now, my Fitbit Aria scale and my Fitbit Flex will sync automatically to Walgreens Balance Rewards.  I did the same thing for RunKeeper.  It took a few hours for the activity to appear, but this is what it looks like on my Walgreens.com activity listing page (see below).  Cool, isn’t it?!  My husband doesn’t go to bed until his Fitbit says he’s done his 10,000 steps every day.  A monitoring device truly does keep us accountable and motivates us to get in our steps.  Now we’re going to earn rewards to spend at Walgreens for doing it!

But are you saying, “SHOW ME THE MONEY!”  Okay, okay, here is the points activity on my Balance Rewards showing the points I’ve earned so far.  I can’t wait until the per mile points show up!  I’ll update this post when they do.

Woo-hoo!  I’m on my way.  This is so cool.  And easy.  And I know I’m repeating myself, but I’m excited.

There are other benefits to Walgreens Balance Rewards for healthy choices, as well, including Forums, Healthy Tips & Articles, and Coupons!  Explore the site when you have some time.  I found a $2.50 off coupon for my Brita Water Bottle *smile*.

If you are already using fitness monitoring devices, GET CONNECTED to Walgreens Balance Rewards and start earning rewards that will help you get the stuff you want!

If you are thinking about increasing your physical activity (a monitoring device WILL increase your motivation), go to Walgreens.com and find the one that’s best for you.  And remember when you buy it, GET CONNECTED and earn rewards.  You deserve it!

ADDED 8/26/14

Without even logging in, I’ve been accumulating points!!  Cool, huh?!  Sign up today and you will too!

Disclosure:  This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #BalanceRewards #CollectiveBias