Pulling on my big girl pants.

My tummy and I are watching this thread with interest! My build is similar to yours and I tend to got for big cotton pants with a big of oomf in them as opposed to the sweat-inducing suck-it-all-in type knicker plus clothes that disguise it like a line dresses or dresses with a small pleat type thing at the front

How about ‘firm but feminine’ and nothing that will induce you to faint as it grips like a python after the evening meal.
Something with lace on.?

Or.....buy very loose fitting dresses.

Same dilemma added to which I cannot find my bag of summer clothes.

Similar build as first two posters; I just carry on wearing my big girl pants and hope for the best!

The bigger the better with pants!

Dresses and skirts are no good with me and my tum. They hang down so far in front of my knees that they make me look the shape of a huge toilet roll.

Anything below the knee also drags the focus downwards and makes you look shorter.

I haven't found the ideal solution yet, other than lose 3 stone, but separates are the way to go, I think, with a loose blouse over trousers. The top half of the silhouette should be wider than the bottom, but without the "two matchsticks stuck in a potato" effect. Definitely don't squash it all in - if this summer is anything like last year's you'll be red in the face and continuously reaching for the smelling salts.

Life is too short to be uncomfortable in big girl pants but also too short to wear anything other than big pants- any other type roll under my big girl tum!

Just wear bikini pants all year round. You won't see them once they are on. I never notice mine, summer or winter.

Less in the washing machine too. And to get dry afterwards.

kitty ?

Splendid big M&S pants are very lightweight and comfortable. Smooth outline too. They're called 'midi' but they seem maxi to me and all the better for that.

The ad at the bottom of this thread was for Agent Provocateur and the pants were tiny!