Lee Womens's Plus Stretch Relaxed Fit Straight Leg Jean

It says relaxed fit, but they're not. These barely fit at the waist and I'm worried that they won't fit at all once they've gone through the wash a couple of times. I bought the largest size, 26w, and it's still almost too small. And I'm nowhere near the top of their sizing range in terms of the inches at the waist measurement on their sizing chart.

The jeans fit fine for a couple of hours, after that they are very loose and uncomfortable. I wear them for work as a school custodian and they are very hot and too stretchy. I miss the plus size, relaxed fit jeans you used to have.