To stop the gym.

Remember muscle is heavier than fat so you may be gaining muscle.

@Jom222 a kilo is a kilo whether it’s a a kilo of feathers or a kilo of pebbles.

@FlowersAndFairiesAndPie I agree on upping your your calories. Try it, what have you got to lose?

I agree with this. You should be losing weight with all that. If you're not could you have a thyroid issue? Or maybe not eating enough? Could you try the 90 day challenge with Joe Wicks. 30 mins of exercise x 4 a week. And a meal plan so you are definitely getting the right amount of food. You take pics and measurements before and after so can see the results outside of the scales. Might be a better use of your time and effort.

What are you eating? Is it decent whole food? Are you eating any diet / keto / low carb products. How much are you trying to lose? Have you pushed yourself to increase reps and weight in the gym? What age are you?

At that height unless you weigh something crazy like 40kg you should be losing on 1300 especially with the exercise as well.

For reference

I am 155cm (5'1) and weigh 53kg (8st 3lbs ish) and I'm 37.

I do approx 15-25000 steps between Monday and Friday just going about my daily life.

On top of that I run 3 times a week and lift weights 3 times a week. I've set my calories to 1600 but I'm never totally 100% consistent because I always nibble something like a chip at work. I was losing at least half a kg a week ok 1450 but I'm starting to run further and faster now and my weights are getting consistently heavier so I need the extra fuel.

Why not try upping your calories a bit, keep them the same for 6 weeks and then reassess? I don't think 1300 is enough and sometimes it helps to increase them or have a couple of breaks where you eat at maintainance for a bit.

If you don't enjoy the gym anymore then that's a good enough reason to quit but if you are only not enjoying it because of weightloss I think you need to keep going and forget about the weightloss.

I've wanted to quit running so many times because I didn't feel like I was getting anywhere, I have a bad day and think what's the point but then I go out and do well and I enjoy it.

Have you tried resistance training / weights? I've been doing that 3 times and week and cardio 4 times a week for several months and definitely seeing a difference. I lift as heavy as I can manage

Stick your stats into here for BMR and recommended calorie intake BMR Calculator

Muscle is not heavier than fat. It just take up less room.

Clothes re definitely the best indicator. Dropping dress sizes was the main reason the scales got chucked. Just didn't compute.

I exercise every day but it hasn't led to weight loss because its not meant for weight loss. I exercise to increase flexibility, improve cardiovascular function and especially to improve my mental health. They do say you can't outrun the fork tho it sounds like you're already eating a low amount of calories.

Don't give it up yet! Remember muscle is heavier than fat so you may be gaining muscle. Has the fit of your clothes loosened any? That's a great indicator.

And I agree with others, 1300 is just too few calories unless your frame is tiny tiny imho.

1300 calories isn't enough food.

Scales lie when you do weights.

Use a tape measure at the beginning, take photos front, side and back and then every 6 months to track progress.

How tall and heavy are you because 1300 calories is probably only around your BMR and if you're doing exercise several times a week you're possibly not eating enough for your body's needs. You're definitely not going to gain muscle on that sort of calorie deficit.

How hard are you working in the classes? With the best will in the world, just because you’re present doesn’t mean you’re working with high enough intensity to cause any changes to your body composition.

I go to CrossFit classes most days, and see quite a lot of men and women who come, don’t try particularly hard, use light weights etc and they don’t look like they work out 3/4 times a week, but they do it to socialise/other health benefits rather than to bury themselves for a six pack 🤷‍♀️

Sorry, but there's something not right there. 1,300 calories is less than your body burns per day with ZERO exercise, never mind going to the gym as well.

The only solution is that you're vastly underestimating the calories you're eating.

Weigh food, do exercise you enjoy, walk 10k in addition. Your health will be better

you need to get your thyroid checked

I am similar OP
I have been a regular (4-5 days a week - legs, push, pull and steady state cardio) gym goer for about 5 years but you’d never know
I have 30% body fat has not shifted at all
my trainer was baffled that I never lost weight - he would look at what I was recording eating

I also manage 10k steps everyday

the only reason I continue is it gets me out of the house, it’s really demotivating, i totally get you

You're gaining weight on 1300 calls per day and the gym? You must either be underestimating what you eat/how much exercise you do or you have some medical issue.

How much have you gained over the year?

I'm willing to bet money you are not weighing your food every meal and therefore you're eating far more than 1300 calories without knowing it.

I've been going 8 months and I've lost no weight but gained 2kg muscle mass and I'm heaps fitter. Can see visible definition in my muscles, body shape noticeably different