Hey, Im a 17 year old guy and, lately, I've decided that I want to get myself in absolute peak physical condition, especially for the summer. I used to be an extremely chubby child when I was younger, but I began to grow out of it through a lot more exercise (crew, which I do not have the time for anymore unfortunately) and better eating. However, though at the moment I am "skinny," I still have a very mild case of being a fat skinny person. In other words, I appear skinny and I am fairly fit, but I still have love handles and more fat on the lower back and abdomen area than I would like. For the past 3 or 3 1/2 weeks, I have been keeping up a new schedule of smaller and healthier meals with more fruits and vegetables and little to no junk food or drink, while building muscle in the gym almost every weekday and running 4 miles (in 35 mins) for 7 days on and 1 day off. Sometimes, too, I replace my running with another cardio workout such as swimming or working out on the erg machine. This brings me to my question. After 3 1/2 weeks of doing this routine, should I have already started seeing results or does it take more time. I'm worried that all my work thus far is equivocating to no fat loss and that I've been wasting my time. How much longer do you think I need to wait?