Hello, my name is Charlie, and I'm fat. I developed type 2 diabetes in my thirties due to my poor health and eating habits. I wanted to talk openly about my struggles, and since laughter is the best medicine, I started a semi-autobiographical webcomic titled Big Fat Charlie.
Working on this comic has been therapeutic and has helped me cope with my struggles. I've been contacted by more than one person who's said that they find my comic entirely relatable. Thank you for reading. Please enjoy.
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I have lost 275 lb and so it used to be that I would go to the doctor the doctor talked to me about my test results in my weight and blah blah blah now I go to the doctor and they're like do not lose anymore weight it's quite the fat shaming is really real as is skinny shaming I never thought that I would experience both in the space of a year and a half
Have you considered that your doctor is not in fact trying to shame you but that their entire job is to look after your health? Your doctor doesn't give a single f**k about your appearance. Their job is to maintain your health.
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This is why internet randos need to keep their ”advice” to themselves. Our doctors will let us know that we are fat, you don't need to waste your breath with your ”I'm just trying to help” BS.
I've only ever had one doctor who never fat shamed me. It's unfortunate she was my pediatrician.
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im suffer from the opposite problem i eat normally but im 12 and weigh 80 pounds
This is projecting your self esteem problems onto someone whose job it is to honestly assess your health. Why read all of this negativity into it? Charles, if you read this, if you were advising someone at something you know more about, like how to make comics or one of your other talents, and they were getting a bunch of stuff wrong or coming up short in various ways, you wouldn't be pointing out their mistakes and imperfections just to make them feel bad and put them down right? You'd be doing that to help them. Your doctor is also trying to help and, while unsolicited diet and exercise advice is generally inappropriate, at the doctor's office, it is as appropriate as anything can possibly be.
I get the feeling that a lot of humor goes over your head.
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This is exactly what it's like. The doctor's don't want to help in any way, just repeatedly tell you how fat you are and that you really need to lose weight. When I explain what I'm doing to try to lose weight, I get told that I'm not trying hard enough!
I wouldn't wait on the doctors, if you have the ability to employ a personalized nutrition plan and goal set then take advantage of that. I suspect doctors (in America) treat many obese patients that have health complications due to excess weight. The patients don't change and the doctors aren't emotionally invested.
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I hate the doctors because they treat me like I'm drug seeking. I've never done that in my life.
Total hoax and already debunked in 2016 by the International Agency for Research on Cancer: There's no conclusive evidence for a carcinogenic effect of drinking coffee.
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I made an account to upvote your comics. I really love your work and it makes me smile every day :)
I made an account that I’ll probably never use again just to upvote your amazing stuff! Btw I didn’t know before that you also illustrated a children’s book! That’s so pure 💕
#7 hits so hard. The first time I ever felt old was when I walked into Best Buy at the ripe ol' age of 26 to see Nevermind on the Classic Rock end cap. I asked a worker about it, and his response was "Where else would it be?"
I was hanging out with my mom one time, and she asked my Google home to play "mom music" to see what would come up. It played music from when I was in high school. I was horrified to realize my generation is fully in the parenting time of our lives and my mom was horrified at my comment that she was looking for "grandma music"
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Ohh I love these. They made me smile and often laugh out loud!☺️ Keep making comics!
I love your stuff! Thanks for bringing a smile to so many faces, and sharing your art so selflessly ❤️
Thank you Sarah I like yours too :)
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All of my love and lol's go out to you and cat, Big Fat Charlie. These rock.
Hahaha, I really enjoyed those comics!! Finally some really funny and well drawn stuff, and not the usual "I've anxiety and my uterus is talking mean to me" relatable comic we are shown everyday on BP.
I absolutely loved these! I love the sassy cat. You should make more comics! Thank you!!!
Love these Charles! Now a follower. You remind me of my dad. That's a good thing XOXO
Big fat Charlie es el más gracioso comic de todos los que he leído. Amigo Charles, eres un verdadero genio!!!!!!
these are amazingly funny. As a "Chunky"guy it's like looking in a very funny mirror. Keep it up
I loved these! Made me laugh, AND my day better! Thank you so much!
Awesome comics, Charlie! Keep up the good work; I'm looking forward to more!
This is the first time I've seen your comics & I love them! Keep up the good work; we need laughter during this time.
I think you have real talent Charlie! Stick with it! I laughed all the way through!! In fact i never stopped chuckling! THANK YOU CHARLIE!
Pretty good stuff, hello a few too many doubles. I'd also personally prefer it if the pants were more obviously pants because a whole lot of the time it looks like he isn't wearing any pants.
Thank you Geoffrey and apologies for doubles I am new to posting on BP so I guess I need more practice also tight pants are very fashionable these days
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i might not relate to these comics or understand the humour but these are clearly relatable and funny :) keep up the great work :D
I'm sorry but I don't find ignoring diabetes funny. It's a very serious disease & if ignored 90% of those people will go blind. Then there are the multitude that will die from heart disease, complications of lower limb amputation surgeries or complete organ shutdown while in a diabetic coma. You making light of it is right up there with people who won't wear masks in public, it's just completely irresponsible & not funny at all to me. So feel free to downvote this or call me a snowflake or whatever, I don't care but I have seen first hand what this disease will do. My mother has Type II diabetes & is insulin dependent. I have had to drive her to dr appts while she was getting her glaucoma under control. I have cared for her after her triple bypass surgery, I am constantly at her to check her feet for any numbness. She is on 12 different medications due to the actual diabetes & other medical issues she wouldn't have if she wasn't diabetic. Would you like to make a funny comic about that? Or how she worries every goddamned night that she will fall into a coma & never wake up? Hilarious, isn't it? Or how 2 medications she needs to take to survive have a combined side effect of Alzheimer's-like symptoms & she feels like she is going insane some days & I constantly have to calm her down? That's so funny, isn't it?! It would be fine if you were trying to make light of what it takes to control diabetes while you have it under control. But you don't & ignoring it shouldn't be made into a joke.
102 to 116 are duplicates. While they are good there is no need to pad this post, ok!!!
I'm sorry it was an accident T_T
Load More Replies... At some point I had a weird feeling like I had a deja vu. And again, and again.
I just wanted to see if you were paying attention Wil
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Thank you for your insightful and poignant feedback Tom have a great day
Load More Replies... I made an account to upvote your comics. I really love your work and it makes me smile every day :)
I made an account that I’ll probably never use again just to upvote your amazing stuff! Btw I didn’t know before that you also illustrated a children’s book! That’s so pure 💕
#7 hits so hard. The first time I ever felt old was when I walked into Best Buy at the ripe ol' age of 26 to see Nevermind on the Classic Rock end cap. I asked a worker about it, and his response was "Where else would it be?"
I was hanging out with my mom one time, and she asked my Google home to play "mom music" to see what would come up. It played music from when I was in high school. I was horrified to realize my generation is fully in the parenting time of our lives and my mom was horrified at my comment that she was looking for "grandma music"
Load More Replies... Ohh I love these. They made me smile and often laugh out loud!☺️ Keep making comics!
I love your stuff! Thanks for bringing a smile to so many faces, and sharing your art so selflessly ❤️
Thank you Sarah I like yours too :)
Load More Replies... All of my love and lol's go out to you and cat, Big Fat Charlie. These rock.
Hahaha, I really enjoyed those comics!! Finally some really funny and well drawn stuff, and not the usual "I've anxiety and my uterus is talking mean to me" relatable comic we are shown everyday on BP.
I absolutely loved these! I love the sassy cat. You should make more comics! Thank you!!!
Love these Charles! Now a follower. You remind me of my dad. That's a good thing XOXO
Big fat Charlie es el más gracioso comic de todos los que he leído. Amigo Charles, eres un verdadero genio!!!!!!
these are amazingly funny. As a "Chunky"guy it's like looking in a very funny mirror. Keep it up
I loved these! Made me laugh, AND my day better! Thank you so much!
Awesome comics, Charlie! Keep up the good work; I'm looking forward to more!
This is the first time I've seen your comics & I love them! Keep up the good work; we need laughter during this time.
I think you have real talent Charlie! Stick with it! I laughed all the way through!! In fact i never stopped chuckling! THANK YOU CHARLIE!
Pretty good stuff, hello a few too many doubles. I'd also personally prefer it if the pants were more obviously pants because a whole lot of the time it looks like he isn't wearing any pants.
Thank you Geoffrey and apologies for doubles I am new to posting on BP so I guess I need more practice also tight pants are very fashionable these days
Load More Replies... i might not relate to these comics or understand the humour but these are clearly relatable and funny :) keep up the great work :D
I'm sorry but I don't find ignoring diabetes funny. It's a very serious disease & if ignored 90% of those people will go blind. Then there are the multitude that will die from heart disease, complications of lower limb amputation surgeries or complete organ shutdown while in a diabetic coma. You making light of it is right up there with people who won't wear masks in public, it's just completely irresponsible & not funny at all to me. So feel free to downvote this or call me a snowflake or whatever, I don't care but I have seen first hand what this disease will do. My mother has Type II diabetes & is insulin dependent. I have had to drive her to dr appts while she was getting her glaucoma under control. I have cared for her after her triple bypass surgery, I am constantly at her to check her feet for any numbness. She is on 12 different medications due to the actual diabetes & other medical issues she wouldn't have if she wasn't diabetic. Would you like to make a funny comic about that? Or how she worries every goddamned night that she will fall into a coma & never wake up? Hilarious, isn't it? Or how 2 medications she needs to take to survive have a combined side effect of Alzheimer's-like symptoms & she feels like she is going insane some days & I constantly have to calm her down? That's so funny, isn't it?! It would be fine if you were trying to make light of what it takes to control diabetes while you have it under control. But you don't & ignoring it shouldn't be made into a joke.
102 to 116 are duplicates. While they are good there is no need to pad this post, ok!!!
I'm sorry it was an accident T_T
Load More Replies... At some point I had a weird feeling like I had a deja vu. And again, and again.
I just wanted to see if you were paying attention Wil
Load More Replies... Thank you for your insightful and poignant feedback Tom have a great day
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