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I’m Your Smart Scale, and You’re Carrying 13.4 Pounds of Guilt in Your Left Thigh

We’re sharing this information for your benefit. We’re also sharing it with your girlfriend, employer, and therapist because they all need it to settle a bet.

Jennifer Haubrich
The Belladonna Comedy
4 min readFeb 26, 2025

Two bare feet stand on a digital scale
Photo by i yunmai on Unsplash

Hello! We applaud your decision to take responsibility for your body and well-being by investing in a TruWorth smart scale.

Other scales just tell you how much you weigh. Our scale is smarter. It tells you what kind of person you are and what you should be concerned about.

Your initial readings

Metabolic age: 71

You input that you’re 43 years old. We assume that was a typo. If not, you seriously messed up your metabolism at some point, because you have the body of a septuagenarian.

Weight: Let’s say, somewhere in the middle

No modeling contract in your future, but no seatbelt extenders yet either. Congrats.

Body Fat Percentage: Extremely High

Even though our scales are only 79% accurate, we have never seen someone who is 88% fat before.

Lean Mass: Below Average

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Published in The Belladonna Comedy

Comedy and satire by women and marginalized genders, for everyone.

Written by Jennifer Haubrich

Finding the funny in relationships, parenting, life, and personifying inanimate objects. Contact: jenniferh@lumieremedia.com Free Substack: Humor in the Middle

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septuagenarian

Is that really a word? @.@

Sense of Humor: Could not rea

Yes, but if you got this far it must be fine! Funny piece, as always.. thanks Jennifer!

You just messed up the first pedicure I have had in five years. Cause I was laughing so hard! Love this!