All this talk of BR management, and noones mentioned the fact that poster is down $1500 already and talking about how easy the games are to beat. I'd recommend solid BR management, just for the practice, so that when you do move up you have the discipline in place.

I'm doing a similar thing, I deposit $50 pm. At the start of the month, what I have is my roll. Not 'its ok if I lose because I have more next month'. That said if you have the cash, I think its a good idea to put in enough to play the games you want.

You mention in the OP that you lost a lot of your money playing MTTs you shouldnt have been playing, but you just said you're still playing MTTs (and losing money). Dont you think its time to make a decision there?