I tried something similar a while ago, about 6 or 7 weeks off the beer and it made no difference. I concluded that my problem is eating massive dinners and not getting enough exercise.
Yeah. I live on coffee all morning and barely eat anything before dinner. Terrible habit. Plus I hate exercise. Well, walking is fine but I'd hardly call that 'exercise'. Running or going to a gym seems like torture. I already do enough things I hate on a daily basis so I'm not going to add either of those. In the past 5 weeks I've only broke for drink twice, have been forcing myself to eat breakfast and lunch and walking 40+ miles a week. I've only lost 7 pounds. It's depressing. I do have a decent tan, which I've never had in my life though. It's weird, people keep asking me where I went on holiday. I guess that's what happens when you wake up early on a weekend and see some sun.