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Obviously each body is different when it comes to calorie consumption. The more muscle mass you have, the more calories are needed to maintain that muscle. To say someone at 225lbs eating 3,000 cals would gain an exponential amount of weight is not true unless we know more information about that particular body itself.
Personally my maintenance is right around 2,300. I like to basically eat healthy during the week at around 1,700 cals. Then on weekends I'll eat and drink whatever I want.
I did this for 5 months at one point and went from 200lbs down to 160lbs.
The bump in cals on weekends was enough to help reset my metabolism and hormones that were being brought down during the week.
Anyone who thinks they can cut strictly and lose weight over a long period of time without a few cheat days is kidding themselves. Cheat days are necessary towards kicking your hormones back into place when you're on a cut.
If you don't do this, you'll be looking at the scale and wondering why it isn't moving. Your body goes into a starvation type of mode after a long cut and it begins to hold onto fat because it thinks you're starving. You'll feel weak and lethargic.
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