Start up disk full, might have partitioned...

So, I keep geeting the pop up that says "Startup Disk is almost full". So, I am looking on desktop where it says Macintosh HD. Under that it says 148.73 G... 4MB free. I am confused. I think that somewhere along the line awhile ago I may have partitioned the HD for Bootcamp, but can't really remember. Anyway, I don't have a whole lot on this computer, so there is no way that I am using 148G of space. What did I do wrong? How do I fix it? I do not use Bootcamp or Paralells...
Thank you : )

to check if you did partition the drive, open up disk utility. it will give the layout of the hard drive. if you do have an unused partition, simply use disk utility to repartition back to only one partition. apple journaled drives are supposed to allow for this without wiping the contents, but it is still smart to do a back up first.
also look at your files. video and music take up a lot more room than people think. you may actually be full.
you may also have a lot of repeat files.
also keep in mind that lion takes up 2 partitions. the main and a recovery that should not be removed by novice to moderate users. it will be the only way to reload lion should you have to wipe and start clean and do not have a dvd to install from.

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       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:      GUID_partition_scheme                        *251.0 GB   disk0
       1:                        EFI EFI                     209.7 MB   disk0s1
       2:          Apple_CoreStorage                         250.0 GB   disk0s2
       3:                 Apple_Boot Recovery HD             650.0 MB   disk0s3
    /dev/disk1
       #:                       TYPE NAME                    SIZE       IDENTIFIER
       0:                  Apple_HFS Macintosh HD           *249.7 GB   disk1
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    CoreStorage logical volume groups (1 found)
    |
    +-- Logical Volume Group 098533C8-3936-4FB1-BCB8-2FE94E6E0500
        =========================================================
        Name:         Macintosh HD
        Status:       Online
        Size:         250006216704 B (250.0 GB)
        Free Space:   16777216 B (16.8 MB)
        |
        +-< Physical Volume 9518DA81-D7D6-4D76-8B4D-1F235D8AEA3A
        |   ----------------------------------------------------
        |   Index:    0
        |   Disk:     disk0s2
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            Encryption Type:         AES-XTS
            Conversion Status:       Complete
            Conversion Direction:    -none-
            Has Encrypted Extents:   Yes
            Fully Secure:            Yes
            Passphrase Required:     Yes
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                Disk:                  disk1
                Status:                Online
                Size (Total):          249670668288 B (249.7 GB)
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                Revertible:            Yes (unlock and decryption required)
                LV Name:               Macintosh HD
                Volume Name:           Macintosh HD
                Content Hint:          Apple_HFS
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    /dev/disk1    238104 227599     10255    96% 58329357 2625394   96%   /
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