I would really highly recommend intermittent fasting as a lifestyle.
For instance, I eat when I am actually hungry. You know, not a little bit, but truly sincerely hungry. Not starving either, but at a point where my body requires nutrition to move on.
The consequences are that you stop eating at “normal” times, because you are actually following along with your body. Everything becomes more tasty in this way, when you eat. Even what you previously considered bland is then interesting.
This balanced approach is very healthy for the body, for me at least. I still eat, well anything really. Just that I eat in a more balanced and mindful way. So what can happen is that I don’t have breakfast, or another day I skip lunch, or another I skip dinner. There probably is a pattern, but it is much more dynamic than the classic 3 meals a day.
Try it out for yourself. Be a scientist for your own lifestyle