Editor's note: This column was previously published on the author's blog at jodygenessy.com.
In March 2016, I embarked on what I dubbed "Jody's Changing for Good Challenge." After getting on the scale and discovering at 373.7 pounds that I was the heaviest I had been my entire life, I decided it was time to change. After months of sticking to a healthy, medically approved diet, I've lost a total of 138.7 pounds as of Feb. 4.
Because I’m a sports writer who covers the Utah Jazz for my job, people often ask if NBA players I interact with have had big reactions to my weight loss.