I have used the same weight belt for the past twenty years. It is a lever belt that locks tight with a flip of the lever. To adjust the size I need to take a penny or screwdriver to two screws. Each placement of the lever leaves a mark on the suede leather. Over twenty years and a roller coaster of fifty pounds I have moved the belt tighter and looser.
The waist size on my pants is one metric of my weight, body composition, health, and fitness. The weightlifting belt is a more strict and harsher judge.
I am six inches from the narrowest the weight belt has ever been and one or two inches in pants size.
I am going to reward myself for moving in two more inches on the weight belt by getting a Dexa scan body composition test this summer.
I need to get past the critics the twin critics of my belts first.