I love the eliptical, but the smiley is pretty much me while trying to do it :
I turn bright red when I excercise, and I probably look hilarious on that thing.
The first couple of times you do it, sure, it SUCKS... but you just have to go slowly. It's working tons of parts of your body, and it burns like MEGA calories!
Keep at it girl! It WILL work! It's just something your body isn't used to