This is why ideally I think for me a calorie restriction of eating a lot of protein and the rest being whatever....of course throwing certain calorie dense foods to make me full would be better long term Because I think I could maintain that type of diet as that's basically how I eat of course at 3000+ calorie and not as strict with food types. I can't eat clean maintenance down the road after ending a clean diet restriction.
I lost 30+lbs in 3-4 months twice (2008/2010) with 4+ hours moderate cardio per week. After I was done with the 2nd I noticed it was hard to eat clean like I was on the diet even if it was higher calories just to maintain weight.
I'm sure other people maintain their weight that way too I think
Dude, the first thing you will learn when you get your food right is the 3000 calorie day was always a myth except for very large people like offensive linemen. You neeed somewhere between 1800-2400 calories. 3000 calories will blow you up. What are you going to fill that extra 1000 cals with, carbs? That's 250 grams of carbs additional.
You'll learn portion control ( 2 slices pizza max instead of half a pizza for example ), if you drink you gotta cut down. Not no 8 stack of pancakes, make it 2 or so. So yeah it's a lifestyle change required to keep it tight buddy.
The main trick when I'm ripping fat is the 30 minutes of cardio EVERY day, don't miss a day and keeping carbs capped at 100. You will start dropping fat consistently every day. Plus 30 minutes of cardio is sustainable for life and good for your heart and lungs.
With the carbs, we can't be mindless or eat too sloppy or you will gain the weight back. Some discipline and control is required.
Another tool I have at my disposal is fasting days ( 24 hrs ). If I was sloppy for several days in a row, one single fast day will counteract those several sloppy days, but I don't get sloppy.