How many meals do you eat per day?

Started the one meal a day during the pandemic and haven't gone back. Main reason at first was a combination of laziness and realizing I was quickly gaining weight from being sedentary/only doing home calisthenics. I can say that the benefits of weight loss, convenience, and monetary savings are definitely worth considering if you can get past the initial acclimation phase. Even when not exercising, it's really hard to gain weight (no calorie counting here, just eat anything I want until satiety) and I've slimmed down from ~180 to 160lbs. At the same time, I've snuck in WAY more garbage foods than I normally would, with many days just being whatever I feel like including instant ramen/frozen pizzas/fast food/cakes/fruit juices as long as I get some protein/fruit/veggies. Only needing to cook/do dishes once a day is huge, and there's the side benefit of losing weight AND saving money at the same time.

At first, it's definitely a struggle and its something to slowly ease into. Had been on two meals a day since college, and I did a few 48hr fasts to see how it would affect me while stuck at home. First fast was absolutely painful, but it quickly became easier and easier, with hunger slowly fading into the back of my mind as you keep yourself occupied with other things. During the fasts, things felt mostly normal (aside from low body temperature which was remedied by drinking some salt water). By the time I got used one meal a day (maybe a month or two in), I had effectively "trained" my body to stop feeling hunger for the most part. If hunger pops up, just drink some water/ignore it for 20-30 minutes and it goes away.

I'm not a health expert, but given what I've read, I think it's similar to getting "second wind" while running: your body is screaming at you to stop (or in this case to hurry up eat something), but after you deny it for long enough, it gives up and releases your fat stores which makes you feel better. Now that I'm around 3 years into that OMAD lifestyle, it really doesn't feel any different and I just naturally have low appetite. I want to think that maybe my body has effectively adapted itself to produce a "natural" equivalent of Ozempic without needing to take any drugs? I guess the sad part is that my appetite is completely shot, so even that one meal still can't get my money's worth at a buffet and I can't enjoy being a foodie while traveling, but I can always transition back to bulking as needed.