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Thanks, everyone. All of your advice really did help me off the ledge. Really, thank you. :)

I'm 143 pounds and want to lose at least 20 to begin with.

I've been reading and maybe my elliptical is overestimating my calories. But I have no money and cannot afford a continuous heart monitor right now. I can't afford health insurance. I'm spending all my money on organic foods and fish everyday to lose weight. So how can I tell how many calories I burn? I'm under 5 feet…

How do I calculate then? I exercise 50 minutes a day on the elliptical at an incline of 12 and resistance of 7.

It's been about 2 weeks, officially. But actually 3-4. Haven't lost one pound. I don't expect rapid weight loss. Just one pound a week :(

Plus I drink one gallon of water a day. I also do 5 minutes of planks every other day. I eat the same meals everyday so that I don't have to think about food planning. So everything has been pre weighed and calculated and one day of my diary is like looking at my whole week.

Thanks everyone. I calculate my calories from my elliptical trainer which counts calories for me. I also use one of those step counter/calorie counter things in my walk. I also do yoga. I haven't kept up here but I have a notebook that I use everyday for my food journal. Plus

Sure, I haven't kept up here. But I will do it.