I am 50 140lbs with an apple shape and the LARGE fit perfectly.

They aren't overly tight and the black mid-rise holds in my love handles without pinching or squeezing due to the stretchy fabric.  The rise hits me right on my belly button (I am a very short girl) and they aren't too short so they hide my upper thigh chub quite well. I did not need to snip and unroll these.

I ordered the denim that was not listed as Mid-Rise and they are about half an inch lower rise than the black specified ones. If not specified as mid-rise then they are the lower rise fit. Still not too low for me given my love handles and post baby belly but I prefer the black ones because they required less fussing. The denim (non-specified rise) are also 1/2 shorter on the legs so I needed to snip the stitching on the sides and was able to unroll it once. Once unrolled the leg opening was looser and less tight around the leg.

My hope is that WAX makes the mid-rise in distressed denim soon.