Read this and weep.
I was 28 inch waist until I was about 45 and was comfortably developing a slight middle aged spread and moving up the waist numbers when some b@st@rd introduced me to cycling. Three months later I was back down to 28 inches and guess what; they don't even try to make 28 inch waist trousers for men any more.
It's been years since I've had a pair of trousers which even vaguely fitted.
Suffering. You don't know the meaning of the word