Somewhat of a surprise was when I saw some waist-size-33 jeans for sale ... I can remember going directly from size-32 to size-34 many years ago because I found nothing in between. Anyhow, I figured I could fit into the size-33 comfortably enough so I made the purchase ... the big surprise is that I also fit into the size-32 that I bought out of sheer optimism. I later tried on some ancient size-32 jeans that I had kept from the previous century ... they also fit. Whoopee! The game of ounces and inches is glacially slow and boring but the "Eureka!" moments are fun.
Although the size-34 jeans are a bit baggy on me nowadays I am going to continue wearing them until I am at 175-lbs or below; old geezers always gots to get their money's worth!