The waist/thigh sizing on these are crazy, at least for me. The waist band fits perfectly and is quite comfortable, but the leg bands are small, and amazingly, they do not stretch AT ALL; they are so tight on my thighs that they hurt enough to make them unwearable. I do not have particularly large thighs, but after wearing a pair for five minutes I felt like I had tourniquets on my legs. If you have very slender thighs these might be okay but if not, beware.