It's not called a beer belly for nothing, you know.
And even if you're just partial to the odd glass of wine after work or G&T at the weekend, you might well be rather surprised by just how many calories you can wrack up after a sesh.
So with Dry January officially something of a Big Thing these days, it's not a bad time to review, maybe even just briefly, your drinking habits - it is New Year after all.
So we've crunched a few numbers for you and worked out how many calories you can cut by passing on the booze, here and there.
If you enjoy a gin and tonic...
According to Drinkaware's "alcohol calorie counter", a single measure of gin (25ml) with tonic contains more than 110 calories (that's before you even think about a fish bowl style serving or a double!).
You can slash the calories by switching to a low calorie tonic but your still looking at around 60 calories for a single tipple.
So if you had three G&Ts a week before Dry January, you'll have saved yourself 360 calories, which means you can enjoy a guilt free breakfast of two strips of bacon, brown toast with low fat butter, scrambled eggs and a coffee.
And if you consider you have to run one mile to burn 100 calories, you can run 3.6 miles less if you go dry!
What about those cheeky rum and cokes at the weekend...
Oooer.
According to health and lifestyle blog Livestrong, a rum and coke can be one of the most calorific drink options, especially given your average can of full fat coke contains a whopping 10 cubes of sugar.
So if you enjoyed two or three rum and cokes in a week before dry January, you can now have a slice of rich chocolate cake - guilt free of course.
It also means you get to run 4.5 miles less. Result.
Now about those pints of lager...
A pint of beer contains a whopping 180 calories, roughly equivalent to a packet of cheese and onion crisps.
So if you sink two or more pints a week, then your looking at 360 to 540 calories.
If you ditch the pints, that'll save you 5.4 miles - and/or you could enjoy a guilt-free roast dinner too. Mmm.
Wine or Prosecco with your dinner? Of course...
A large glass of wine can add 228 calories to your meal (as much as an ice cream cone).
If you ditched sharing a bottle with your partner prior to Dry January, then you can enjoy a chocolate croissant at 340 calories.
If prosecco is your drink of choice, then you might just be in luck as it is one of the lower calorie drinks on the market at 80 calories at typical glass.
But if you enjoyed a few glasses before January, you can now enjoy a Milky Bar instead.
Surely I can't ditch those alcopops at the club...
Whilst alcopop calories tend to depend on what they are pre-mixed with, your average neon coloured bottle of boozy fizzy pop contains approximately 170 calories.
That's roughly equivalent to one hot chocolate with whipped cream.
...or those ciders and fruit ciders at my next gig
While an apple cider typically contains around 117 calories, fruit ciders are one of the most calorific drinks on offer.
On average, one 500ml bottle of fruit cider can contain up to 211 calories.
If you drank two or three of these a week before dry January, you'd have to run over 4 miles to ditch those calories.
With the calories you save, you can enjoy a 99 with a flake and sauce guilt free.
For specific advice on how many calories/units are in your drinks you can check out, visit the Drink Aware website.
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