For me, OMAD alone isn't enough to lose weight. Without my structured eating, I tend to gain weight with simple OMAD. But I do aim for a small calorie deficit on normal days even in maintenance since I do eat out and things like the holidays and vacation happen, so I need to balance it out.
That said, I have fabulous meals pretty much every day and I am fully satisfied. When I used to break it up into 3 or more meals a day, I was always hungry and the food was less tasty (either stingy on fat to get the calories down or it just didn't make sense to fuss a lot over each 350 calorie meal). One of the reasons that I am so happy with this approach is that when I do eat out, it's rare that I enjoy the food more than eating at home, so there's no sense of letdown returning to my usual fare.
I have a very long history of weight management difficulties. When I was in elementary school, I was the heaviest kid. It has taken me about 40 years of trial and error to find something that works for me. But I used that experience to customize my structured plan using aspects of volumetrics, macros, and LC as well as some nutritional priorities that pull it all together.
When you reach maintenance, you can figure out how you can balance your eating in a way that you enjoy differently. If another HC day is what you want, then go for it!
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OMAD with LC
