The theory I tested happened about four years ago when I started the Adkins diet. This diet restricts carbohydrates. You start out by allowing yourself only 20 grams of carbohydrates. I had to train my body to use fat for fuel instead of carbohydrates. Their search I learned while doing this diet was learning that by maintaining a low carbohydrate diet your body releases less insulin. This will cause your body to burn its own fat as fuel and makes you lose weight. Also while being on this diet I felt less cravings and I was not as hungry. When I was on this diet I followed other people on the website for Adkins and this made me realize I was researching myself as well as others following the diet. I believe my research with this diet would be a similar method as a psychologist would use because to me it was experimental and descriptive. An experimental psychologist studies the process of sensing, perceiving, learning and thinking. This was a learning experience for me. I had no idea how this diet was going to turn out. I ended up losing 80 pounds on this diet. After a year after stopping the Adkins diet I gained 50 pounds and I was getting depressed again so I decided to try another method. I was given the opportunity to do something different. I was a candidate for the gastric lap band so I decided to go for lap band surgery. I was tired of struggling with my weight and this is why I decided to do different approach. Gastric lap band surgery is having a band around the top of your stomach to make a small pouch. This will only allow you to eat small portions of food and makes you feel full after a couple of teaspoons of food. This helps you lose weight and keep it off. This method has worked for me and I have kept my weight down. I am glad I was given another