Steps with Balance Rewards Makes Getting Fit Rewarding! #BalanceRewards #cbias

I love shopping at Walgreens, and I have been a Balance Rewards member for a while.  It’s a great way to basically get rewarded for shopping as you earn points which can be redeemed for real money to use at Walgreens.  I want to share with you a new program that they have called Steps With Balance Rewards where you actually get points for doing things like weighing in and logging your weight, recording physical activities you’ve been involved with (or steps you’ve taken each day), and overall health and fitness goals. I am a member of the Collective Bias®  Social Fabric® Community.  This shop has been compensated as part of a social shopper insights study for Collective Bias®  and Walgreens #cbias #SocialFabric.

Once I found out about the Steps With Walgreens Balance Rewards program, I went online to see what it was all about.  I knew that I wanted to be able to actually track something that would be a no-brainer, so I got a pedometer to track my steps.  There were several to choose from, but I ultimately chose one that I could just stick in my pocket and forget about each day.  Check out my shopping adventure in my Google+ Album.

If you are interested in getting an account set up so you can track and achieve your goals, just go to the Steps with Balance Rewards program page and follow the prompts to get started.  The website is easy to navigate, and if you’d don’t already have a Walgreens account to link your Balance Rewards program information with, it’s easy peasy to set up.

Since joining the program, I have already earned 670 points!  The easiest way I have racked up the points has been to log my steps from the pedometer.  I love that you can go back and add in information from past days.  My pedometer has a feature where it saves my steps totals for a week, so I forgot to log them a few days and it was no problem.  I simply checked my pedometer for what my totals were from the previous days and was able to date my entries in the Steps with Balance Rewards program online for the correct days and earn those points.  Every now and then, I check out the Walgreens Facebook page to see other ways I can earn points that week.

The most difficult thing for me has been weighing in.  I get really obsessive about it and generally weigh in every day, but for the past couple of weeks, I’ve been avoiding it!  Once a week, I’ve bitten the bullet and gone for it.  I got points for doing it, plus I was pleasantly surprised!  Maybe being more accountable will be better for me than I first thought!

My goal set right now is to get 6,000 steps per day.  That may not sound like a lot, but I’m actually having a hard time reaching it.  Unfortunately, I’ve become pretty sedentary over the past few months due to doing more work from home at the computer.  The days that I do reach my goal, I celebrate by doing a little happy dance.  I might as well burn a few extra calories, right?!

I’m hoping to ultimately celebrate my weight loss goals by purchasing a new wardrobe for myself.  I have about 2 pair of pants that fit, and they are my skinny jeans from 5 years ago.  It’s time to break out the shopping cart and get some new ones once I hit my goal!  I’m aiming for Mother’s Day!

The Step Up to Win Daily Sweepstakes is in full gear!  You could win some awesome prizes just by participating in the Balance Rewards program and entering in your email address each day.  They give away multiple prizes to several winners until May 31, 2013!  Daily prizes this week are:

• April 23rd: Fiber One Coupon (40 will win)
• April 24th: Withings WS-30 Scale (25 will win)
• April 25th: Blue Classic Brita Pitchers (50 will win)
• April 26th: Walgreens GIFT CARD!!
• April 27th: Fitbit Zip (50 will win)
• April 28th: Entertainment Book (50 will win)
• April 29th: Dr. Scholl’s New Active Series Insoles (50 will win)

Not only that, but they are giving away their GRAND PRIZE: a trip to The Biggest Loser resort of the winner’s choice (Chicago, Ivins,UT, Malibu, Niagara, NY). The sweepstakes started April 1 and runs until May 31st. See the official sweepstakes rules for more information.  I hope I win!!!

I hope to start making even more healthy choices and logging them to earn more rewards.  What health and fitness goals do YOU have?

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