Calories in Alcohol
When you go out for a night or are drinking at home, it can be very easy to forget about the excess calories you are consuming in alcohol.
Here is a reminder which I took from: http://www.at-bristol.org.uk/Alcoholandyou/Facts/calories.html
Here is a summary of the main calorie contents of several common alcoholic drinks:
Beers, Lager and Cider/Calorie Content
Pint of Lager/200
Pint of Bitter/100
Sweet Cider/250
Dry Cider/200
Pale Ale/91
Stout,bottled/105
Lager (Regular Strength)/85
Wines (Small Glass, 125 ml)
Red wine/85 calories
Rose wine, medium/89
Sweet white wine/118
Dry white wine/83
Medium white wine/94
Champagne/80
Spirits (One Shot, 25ml)
Gin/50 calories
Vodka/50
Whiskey/50
Southern Comfort/70
Bailey’s/80
On top of these calories, you will probably feel hungry, one of the symptoms of drinking too much and so reach for the only food usually available late or night or what you can be bothered to make, which is junk food.
Junk Food/Calories
Packet of roasted nuts/300
Packet of salted nuts/250
Packet of crisps/130
Burger/400
Kebab/500
So you can hopefully now see how a free drinks and the accompanying snacks or late night food run can lead to heavy calorie consumption. Think about this next time you want to go out and drink - are there any ways you can plan in advance to cut this down?
This is especially true if you are training. There is no point in looking out at your calories and burning them off in exercise only to unconsciously overconsume when you are out drinking.