FAQ

A Live Healthy badge is way to award participants for living a healthy lifestyle.

Click here for more information on Wellness Challenge badges.

Click here for more information on Nutrition Challenge badges.

Click here for more information on Lifestyle Challenge badges.

Click here for more informaiton on Steps Challenge badges.

In most cases, the badges will be automatically awarded when the task is completed.  However, there are several badges that will be recorded at the end of each recording period (Food badge, recording badge, weight badge and team badges).

Activity Badge (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 hrs) – The points are awarded based on the activity badge awarded.  If you receive the 5 hour Activity Badge you will be awarded 5 pt.

Captain Badge – 5 points

Download Recipe Badge – 1 point

Electronic Reading Badge – 1 point

Login Badge – 5 points

Recording Badge – 5 points

Star Badge – 5 points

Video Badge – 1 point

Weight Badge – 5 points

Activity Badge (5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 hrs) – Awarded when a participant reaches the corresponding number of activity hours.  A participant earns the 5 hour badge when they record 5 hours of activity, 10 hour badge for 10 hours of activity, etc.  A participant earns each hour badge one time. 

Captain Badge – Awarded for being the Captain of a team.

Download Recipe Badge – Awarded after participant views a recipe.

Electronic Reading Badge – Awarded after participant views an article.

Login Badge – Awarded after participant logs in for the first time.

Recording Badge – Awarded after completing weekly recording. The participant has recorded information at least ONCE during the recording period.

Star Badge – Awarded after any personal goals are entered and completed.

Video Badge – Awarded after participant views a video.

Weight Badge (5, 10, 15 and 20 pounds) – Awarded when a participant reaches the corresponding number of pounds lost.  A participant earns a Lose 5 Pounds badge when they lose 5 pounds (from their starting weight to their current weight.)

Group Activity Badge – Awarded to the participant that had the most activity on their team for the recording week.

Group Weight Lost Badge – Awarded to the participant that lost the most weight on the team for the recording week. 

Team Recording Badge – Awarded to a team when every person on the team has recorded at least once during the recording period.

A team captain can be a member of only ONE team but may be the captain for multiple teams. To sign up another team, go to the homepage and click join today to enter your GROUP ID if you are participating with your company or organization.  At the top of the registration page enter your username and password in the "Returning User" box and click submit.  This will allow one captain to be the captain of multiple teams under the same username and password.

The team is allowed to change the division that you participate in any time until the end of the challenge.  To do this you must contact LHA by callling 888.282.0822. 

No, your team can choose to do the Minutes of Activity Division only.  However, every participant must enter their starting weight and ending weight during the program even if your team is only in the Minutes of Activity Division. 

If you are a wellness, human resources, or benefits coordinator for your company or organization, Live Healthy may be a useful wellness tool for your employees or members. Please click here to fill out a short form to tell us about your company or organization. A Live Healthy representative will contact you within 48 hours to help you initiate the program.

Visit the homepage, and click the Join Today Button.  Enter your Group ID for your company/organization's challenge or choose your state to sign up a team of friends and family.

Each team will have a designated captain who will have regular access to a computer and the internet. To create a team, this person will need the names of all team members and e-mail addresses if available. Each team can have 2-10 team members. Upon completion of the registration form you will be prompted for payment for your entire team using a major credit card on a secure site.

There is no limit to the amount of badges you can earn!

You can have 2-10 participants per team, including the Team Captain.  The total number of people on each team cannot exceed 10.

Each badge is associated with a number of points.  When awarded a badge, you will also receive badge points that display on your dashboard.

There are two divisions in the Wellness Challenge: Weight Loss and Minutes of Activity.  Each team can participate in one division or both if they choose to do so.  The cost remains the same if the team chooses to participate in both divisions or only one. 

Physical activity that is above and beyond your typical work duties can be counted.  For example, walking from your desk to the elevator does not count but intentionally taking the stairs instead of the elevator or taking a 10-minute (or longer) walk during your break, does.  Walking, dancing, raking leaves, swimming and other activities can be logged.  The idea is to track how much daily time you spend being physically active and then try to increase it.

You can track your daily activity or weight when you login to your participant panel online.

Registration for the Live Healthy 100 Day Wellness Challenge is $20.

This person can still participate on a Live Healthy team. The team captain will report this person's weight and/or minutes of activity online. It will also be the responsibility of the captain to pass the weekly tips and health information on to this participant. However, when a team member accesses his or her personal participant panel online with his or her username and password, the team captain will not be able to enter data for this person if they discontinue to use their web access. A captain will only be able to enter a team member's data if the team member DOES NOT login with their username and password. This is to protect the privacy of individual team members.

Go to the homepage and click on the big orange Login button.  Then click on the "Forgot Your Password?" link.  Enter your email address and submit and your password will be resent to you.

Participants are registered as a team, which means that the entire team must agree to register in the Weight Loss Division, Minutes of Activity Division, or both.

Along with the benefits of living a healthier lifestyle, meeting personal goals, and the competitive fun between friends, family, and co-workers--you will receive a training t-shirt, unlimited access to the resource center, weekly newsletters via email that include activity, nutrition, and recipe tips, and also a personalized online dashboard to track progress!

According to the Center for Disease Control, an estimated 65% of U.S. adults ages 20 years and older are either overweight or obese, defined as having a Body Mass Index (BMI) of 25 or higher. In addition, more than 60% of the U.S. adult population does not engage in the recommended amount of physical activity and 25% are not active at all.

Live Healthy America (LHA) is a program promotes physical activity and proper nutrition to achieve or maintain a healthy body weight.  The goal is to impact individual behavior and the culture of work sites and communities to incorporate health into everyday life. As a team-based program, it is designed to help Americans make positive lifestyle changes during the course of 100 days using teamwork, support, and education.

All participants of Live Healthy America will benefit in the form of healthier eating habits, increased physical activity levels, and a positive attitude.

At a minimum, team captains are responsible for registering their team, entering weekly data for team members without computer or internet access, and sharing Weekly Live Healthy e-mails with members of his/her team. More importantly, team captains play a key role in keeping the team members motivated and involved throughout the Challenge. A Captain's Handbook with ideas for team activities will be available for each team captain.

No, your individual weight will never be available to anyone but you.  This is kept completely confidential.