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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Only thing is I am not so positive about my body
Load More Replies...My hubby always said he was a fat kid; and as an adult, a fat man! FroAlthough when we first started dating, he was in AMAZING shape! And he had worked VERY HARD at it! I had known him from church, as he was my brothers age & they were also both Alter Boys.He was four years younger than i, & really never noticed him! He had a genius I.Q. which i found attractive.I too,was also in very good physical condition at the time;hubby worked-out in his home gym; i at Gold's! I found that home workouts always failed me/i.e. driving an hour home,making dinner,etc. i had no interest in working out; So i decided to try Golds.I got out of work around 2PM or so;was a medical transcriptionist;was very speedy/accurate so didn't need to work excessive hours to earn a VERY GOOD wage! He passed 6 yrs ago..I miss him every second oofday.nowwidow for 6 years
From One Big Charlie to another! Love all of YOU all of the time! <3
oh yeah, i'm so happy my weight first goes to chest area, so getting few kilos is always pretty nice
Haha me too! On the other hand, that's also where it comes off first.
Load More Replies...he should be happy the way he is but if its an obesity thing then he should work on losing some weight to stay healthy
That is my cat she loves to stick her butt hole on my nose when I'm laying down!
eugh! dat sure enough SOUNDS like a cat (i'm a cat lover)
Load More Replies...Me too! One of my favorite t-shirts says '"I may be old but at least I got to see all the cool bands!"
Load More Replies...His beard changes and the logo on his laptop changes too! Thats really creative
Thank you !!!! I spluttered my coffeeeee. Really needed a good laugh. Thank you.
Finally an appropriate comment for parents who leash theri children! Might just add a second commend on a muzzle...
Load More Replies...BTDT: Yep, used to think leashes on kids were terrible. Yep, then I had a VERY strong willed child. Nope, don't think they are horrible anymore. Judgy people often don't realize there are kids with various disabilities that cannot help themselves from running away.
I still remember getting lost in a crowd, would have happily worn a leash. I was scared of going anywhere for years.
Load More Replies...Sorry, but... not that you would be able to run after a hyperactive kid. Do not judge anyone else who don't want to lose a child.
My son was a VERY busy boy. I started using these for him when I would go for a walk or to the mall or whatever. I would toe it to his little sisters stroller and that way he was safe, had a little bit of freedom, got some exercise, and I had my hands free to do whatever I need to do. You wouldn't believe how many people made rude rude rude comments to me about it but you know like I said my kid was steak versus call the kids run around and tear things off the racks excetera and their parents are like "I can't keep track of him"
Load More Replies...As a person who chose a different path, I'd never judge a parent for putting their child on a harness or whatever. I judge the a******s who don't pay enough attention as their kid wanders and destroys whatever is around them as long as the parent isn't bothered. Besides this mom is probably like why is this sick stranger with no pants on talking to her kid.
My mother used a leash for me as well. Don't remember any of it, but I ran around like a maniac and my parents have lost me several times. + there was a real risk to be run over by a car, because of reckless crossing of roads. The leash was completely justified.
Strange how over here no one uses leashes and no one gets ran over.
Load More Replies...So I thought these comics were about the struggle of a big man? This one seems funny at first but has nothing to do with his struggles, he is literally judging people like they are probably judging him for his weight?
Yeah, the article title doesn't really suit the actual content of the comics.
Load More Replies...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.
Load More Replies...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.
Load More Replies...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.
Load More Replies...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.
Load More Replies...I hate the doctors because they treat me like I'm drug seeking. I've never done that in my life.
The other one that's worse than "all lives matter" is "blue lives matter." Black lives matter is not a f*cking invitation to silence and oppress people by twisting their words, and it's not that hard to say or understand. The people who say "all/blue lives matter" are racist, either by deliberately trying to undermine the message of Black lives matter, or by ignoring the fact racism is still a problem.
Some people are just too ignorant of everything going on against black people, so they try to say that "all lives matter" because they feel that saying "black lives matter" is racist against white people. I used to side with the all lives matter movement just simply because I wasn't aware of all of the racism that does happen. By saying 'oh, you're just racist', it stops anyone who's too ignorant to want to know why people say they're racist, and they keep saying what they're saying.
Load More Replies...saying black lives matters sound like nothing but black lives matter
Amen to that. I'm beginning to learn a lot about my white privilege...I'm late coming to it, but I'm trying.
You are a GOOD person. Anyone who mistreats you ought to have all of their official/important documents and certificates typed up in COMIC SANS.
What's so bad about comic sans? I think the font looks good, and it's easier for dyslexic people to read.
Load More Replies...This would have been me, except Doves' new stuff is AMAZING. I can't wait til this madness is over and they play a show in NYC.
I got something, you are funny, you are a wonderful writer and you are a good person, thank you for writing so many wonderful comics.
Awwww..... STUFF IT LADY!! Nothing wrong with letting the lil girl believe its Santa, on summer vacation! Shame on her mother!
For THREE years, my adopted cat refused to interact with me unless I was where Charlie is in this comic! 3 YEARS!
So true to life with cats, too. My fave is when our cat Maple comes and sits right up against our leg or foot, then gets mad they're touching her and bites at us to move them. She's a piece of work
Pfft. Everyone knows you put a fruit in it and that makes the whole thing healthy.
"is that gummy bears wrapped in a fruit roll-up?" "Breakfast burrito, but yeah"
this reminds me of michael in season 4 episode 1 "fun run" when pam is saying hourly workers should visit meredith at lunch and sales in the afternoon and then michael says they should all go together and when pam tries to tell him that's not a good idea he keeps interrupting her and then finally yells PAM! at her face where she gives up XD
My uncle says that cookies are keto just bc he says so. I’m going to believe him
I did the same thing at my last doctor visit but said "Achievement Unlocked!"
I have been a T1D forever. I do the same thing when ever doctor tells me the number. He just laughs
I did this at my last doctors visit but said "Achievement Unlocked!"
My husband (whom I adore and couldn't imagine skinny on my best day). He blames me for being 30 pounds overweight (oh, really dear? 30 lbs.?mm hmm). If I wasn't such a good cook, he wouldn't be so overweight, etc. Listen up, fat boy - yes, I make an amazing Spaghetti Rosa Bolognese (and most other things. I'm a great cook). And you love it, I know. It's really not MY fault you eat three times what normal people would eat at a sitting. I serve what I call "kitchen sink salad" before serving him pasta. It's got everything - a few different greens, carrots, celery, green onions, radishes, broccoli, red & orange bell peppers, a few herbs, etc. (he doesn't like mushrooms or tomato - freak) - which he then douses in dressing. And he will STILL eat more than he needs because "It's just SO good". It's really up to him to make changes, but I do try to help. (He doesn't know I've been using ground turkey and just adding more spices) It's a start.
Don’t wanna do cleaning!. I’m high on sleeping! Please do not wake meeeeeeee
I think the cartoonist has been spying on my family. That's MY husband and MY 🐱!! Too funny!
Yeah, but after growing up in a house where I wasn't allowed to leave the table until I cleared my plate, I do. It's been drilled I to my head that I have to.
This always happens with me and my more human-loving of my cats!!! XD
They rule....I'm a wheelchair user and I actually gave my cat a ride to his food bowl one time!
I make it a point to not get online or watch the news on a set day each week. A day of cleansing is nice. Sometimes I do it 3 times a week. Go watch up lifting TV like Queer Eye or some stand up comedy. Tom Papa and John Mulanny are great.
This is the first time I've ever heard my exact thoughts come from someone else. I need to remember at least one other person gets as overwhelmed as I do.. <3. Just need Love, kindness and respect.
I do too. Unfortunately bad news make more money than good news so that's 95% of what we hear and see. However, it is defiantly unhealthy to consume so much bad news day in and day out. Try just not watching or reading any news at all for two days. Set you home page to Google so you don't see anything unless you actually search for it. At night an hour before bed, just watch something funny or read. I like watching Bob Ross on YouTube.
Load More Replies...Blessed are the indoor cats for they do not know how s****y and cruel this world is.
My closest guesses are maybe he got tired of just drawing humans, or he's copying peppa pig.
Load More Replies...Me in quarantine.. I was always a devourer of foods.. but moving around kept me in check..
I’m convinced I was a grizzly bear in a previous life. First sign of cold, I have the overwhelming urge to consume enough food to allow me to sleep through winter
Load More Replies...Peanut butter and bread and butter pickle sandwiches.
Load More Replies...Had an donor drop of two really nice cat beds. Cat liked the box better.
It's soo frustrating. Like, I HAVE to channel surf or my TV shuts off on its own!
I worked at I cat shelter for a bit. I wondered how my cat would feel about me coming home every day with scratches and cat hair all over my sweater
sorry no i can not laugh at this. cat can die of this, as the yarn gets tangled and sort of makes their guts tangled as well.
Omg my cat once ate tinsel off our Christmas tree - when it came out the other end it looked like streamers on the handlebars of a girl’s bicycle
You should never let your cat play with string/yarn unattended. This is what can happen and it can get worse - vet visit needed.
My cat ate a broken q-tip once and I know this cause she was howling one day and refused to sit down. So I go look and see a brown stick sticking out her. I glove up and pull, she hisses and swats at me and I end up with a brown half q-tip that smells like hell. She instantly lays down and starts purring. Now my bathroom garbage pail goes under the sink behind a cabinet door.
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.
Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay thank you for that WilvanderHeijden! I like my coffee 😋
Load More Replies...From time to time they say coffee has carcinogen and/or cancer prevention properties. I hope they negate each other. Oh, and California has reversed the judge's ruling.
Still do, but have worked with her so that now, most of the time anyway, she just nips enough to let us know to stop without causing damage.
Load More Replies...i think it's because the gym's not open at night, and he said "visiting", not "exercising"
Load More Replies...Well... Someone already commented that cats eating yarn isn't funny, and someone will certainly be commenting that being over weight isn't funny... He's got a point.
Well, he is allowed to make fun of himself. But... are WE allowed to find these strips funny?
Load More Replies...Haha, about 2 years ago, my brother attempted to wake me up, well, I had one of those things to pull your teeth forward to make more room, he screamed!🤣🤣🤣
I know right. U wish u were dead . Just don't have the courage to do it yourself. So u do this and wish u die of heart attack or something. It's pathetic. But it works in the long run
I have never had diabetes. So, speaking as an outsider here: This one and the high blood sugar "score!" one make me sad. I know they are trying to be funny but I just can't relate. I worry about a friend just like this. Doesn't take his health seriously and that scares me.
We are just dependent and need a little help from a chef in our lives.
Load More Replies...That was me! I did everything right and gained! Then I had complications for. Surgery a year and a half ago. I have lost 175 lb!
that’s awesome! good for you :) (good for you that you lost 175)
Load More Replies...I died after watching infinity war and haven’t recovered since.
That is SO me. I am going to pretend I didn't read this and keep thinking it's 1994. I refuse to be old.
take your time/hurry up/choice is yours/don't be late
Load More Replies...Ah, yes. Preparations for 2020. I'm sure next year will be great though!
Never learn, huh? *straps on plate armour* See you on the other side...
Load More Replies...That's very insulting. Goldfish are very intelligent and quite capable of remembering things that happened 3 months ago. That's more than you can say about Tweety, the tangerine toddler.
Load More Replies...Time to give away that cat. Why do you still have it if all it does is be mean to you? :(
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.
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.
