I'm starting to think this is a really great idea - to have somewhere to keep a private personal history - particularly for checking in to keep a track of where I've been without appearing to be a self-important moron. You know who you are FB friends!
that's a really interesting concept
you could probably do it today without the use of a private account
i believe in app settings, you can restrict the visibility of posts by any particular app. this way, your scale's posts could be seen by just you and not your friends.
Facebook also has a pretty cool Timeline UI to boot which will probably only get better as time passes.