My billion dollar idea...

If you are like most people, there has been at least one point in your life where you were counting calories to reach a desired weight goal...maybe it was for sports, or prom, or a wedding, or maybe it was just to look better naked.  If you've never counted calories for weight loss, congratulations on having a fabulous metabolism...people like me are super jealous of people like you.  


Anyways...EVERYONE knows that counting calories is a pain in the tush, right?  These nifty apps like Lose It! and MyFitnessPal are great...they make calorie counting easy as pie (mmmmm, pie) but what about that fun size Snickers bar at night that you forget to log?  Those extra 100 forgotten calories every now and then really add up... Now, for my idea (prepare for your mind to be blown - it's a good one).


Someone in the medical community needs to invent some sort of digital device that can be implanted in the mouth, throat or stomach that sends caloric intake information to a database that can be viewed either on a smartphone, tablet or PC.  The nutritional data would then be viewable by permissions only insuring that people who need to see it (doctors, trainers, etc) have access, but others do not.  The device would have to be small, durable and require no maintenance once implanted.  I have ZERO medical education, so really have no idea how the logistics to this would work, but wouldn't a device like this be awesome?


Imagine not having to micromanage every morsel of food that enters your mouth.  With this device, losing weight the good, old-fashioned way (by eating less) would actually be kind of fun. This device would reduce the amount of people going in for lap-band or gastric bypass surgeries, by forcing people to be accountable for what they eat.  Accountability a HUGE problem for me (and one of the reasons I started this blog, actually).  If I can sneak a bowl of cereal at night without tracking it, I will...that's the kind of behavior that has kept me the "fat friend" for most of my life.  (Don't pity me, I've learned how to make it work...I'm a fabulous wing woman)


So, thoughts?  If this type of device was developed and safe - would you get one?