[sadgpokx]

This is something I've been wondering, as my continuing weight loss allows me to be more and more active.

Let's say that my normal calorie expenditure is somewhere in the 2600-2800 range or so. This leads me to put a floor on my calorie consumption at 1600-1800; any less than that and it starts to actually slow down my losses and is just a generally bad idea for overall well being (already experienced firsthand).

So what happens if I have an active day and instead burn 3500 calories?

Clearly I could eat more if I wanted to - but I don't really want to. Should I do so anyway to avoid making my body think there's a critical shortage, or is it somehow different because this was an exertion well beyond baseline metabolism?