Its not true. you really can lose weight, but you really have to be ready to do it. I'm sure you've tried dieting before and it didn't work. It's a major lifestyle change and it won't be easy. I suggest getting help from a dietician or a psycologist. You have to figure out why you overeat. No diet will work because your problem isn't what you eat but that you're out of control with food. If you're like me you proboboly eat when you're still full and you like to eat a lot when no one is watching you. I strongly suggest you talk to a professional, but if you want some tips, try writing down everytime you eat and if you think you ate more then everyone else. You have to realise and admit you overeat. Watch your skinny friends eat and you'll see the they actually enjoy the food and stop when they're full. Don't go on any strict diet because you might end up gaining weight from restricting food then binging. You have to work on your relationship with food. You probobly already know you fix your emotions with food....sort of like a drug addiction. It's time to face life and be ready to feel and face those emotions without turning to food to help you. Try for one day keeping a diary on you at all times and write down everything. Every single feeling, everything you're about to eat and what you're craving and how you feel and how others made you feel and EVERYTHING. Just get to know yourself. You can lose weight no doubt...GUARANTEED. Many people have done it and you WILL do it too.