Phone won't back up due to storage space

My phone hasn't backed up in months due to storage issues. I decided to try and tackle this problem today and it's been a giant headache! I turned off the back up for all of my apps with the exception of my camera roll. According to the list in settings, my Camera Roll is 3.2GB. However, just above that it says "Next backup size 6.8GB". How is my total back up at 6.8GB when the only thing on is my Camera Roll with 3.2 GB? I only have 5GB of memory so it won't back up. I tried deleting the previous back up and starting over but since it's above the limit it wont allow me to manually initiate a back up.
Total Storage: 5.0 GB
Available: 5.0 GB
Next Backup Size: 6.8 GB
Camera Roll: 3.2 GB
All other apps are OFF
Please help me! I am so confused!

The backup also contains your text messages.  If you have lots of photos & videos in your messages, that can add significantly to the size of your backup.  Deleting these from your messages will reduce the size of your backup.  (Text messages are listed under backup options because you don't have the option to exclude them from the backup.)

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