Roy,

 I tried to go "pure instincto" and
>made a few interesting discoveries: I realized that I HATE
>VEGETABLES. They were palatable in their raw and cooked forms
>when they were smothered with tomatoes and other taste disguises.
>I HATE THEM IN MONO-MEAL FORMAT. I also found that on a "pure
>instincto" diet, I tend to consume enormous quantities of fruit.

I think many of us are all too aware of the problem of overeating fruits.
This is all the more treacherous since the outward signs of overeating  are
not as evident with  raw foods as they are with cooked foods ...
I'm just throwing below a list of tricks which I've  found helpful in  my
repeated attempts to contain this "sweet  addiction" within manageable
limits. Unfortunately I do not abide by it as much as I would like ...

1) Be Choosy when buying fruits : the more antique the variety, the less
likely it is to baffle your instinct.
-this in my view is the most important single advice.
2) Do not carry stocks at home, except for those items which you might not
find anymore in the next four days.
3) Go shopping everyday and buy only what is necessary for the following two
meals. Make your choice in situ as it were, smelling all the fruits and
vegetables  before buying. If the shopkeeper scowls at you, just tell him
you are following your doctor's advice. Chances are he will not be willing
to oppose such an authorized opinion. If he does however, just tell him that
according to the tests you've passed recently, you have a "professional
nose" like the people employed in the perfume industry. If he is a normal
shopkeeper, he 'll be flattered to have such a distinguished customer...
4) when eating fruits, you should stop eating  before the taste starts to
wane. It is  much easier to say than to do, except if you purposely buy less
than what you know you can "normally" eat.
5) if you could not resist the temptation of buying more than enough, invite
other people and share out. I find sharing  a great way  of limiting one's
intake :
- because it is so easy to make people happy by sharing with them
- most of the time,  people acknowledge the quality of the food offered them
and praise you for your discriminating taste.
- making people happy and joyful is more enjoyable than treating yourself
egoistically.
6) after you've stopped eating, turn your attention and/or efforts to
something you really like to do (like , for exemple, stealing kisses in the
stairwell from the young-trainee-girl-who-is-about-to-leave-the-company,
while your colleagues are having a piggery at the cafetaria...; lying in the
sun with some dirty comic strips slipped into another book, when your wife
thinks you are reading  "Men , Women and Sexual Renunciation in  Early
Christianity"....) It is not really important what you do provided it gives
you as much pleasure as that which you've just had before..
7) Living in the midst of Nature and breathing natural scents from flowers,
trees, soil...reduces the drive for  the kind of "hard core" pleasure which
we look after in fruits.
8) Finally fatigue from sleep deprivation, stress resulting from unfulfilled
expectations (work, love...) and other common  annoyances of life are very
much conducive to fruit binging. When one's position gets threatened, fruits
are a sure comfort.

Roy
>I also start to get cravings for cooked food (or my previous
>mixed raw diet.) I don't think I could remain instincto if I
>didn't have the psychological safety net of being able to
>revert back to my previous mixed raw diet. The "veggies" that
>I can still tolerate are all actually fruit or tubers in a
>strict sense.

Denis
In the beginning it might not be that important if you instinctively eschew
some categories of foods. However if the symptom persists after several
months, you should be wary about a possible fruit addiction. A good sign
that you are on the right track , once you've settled down  in this
instinctive routine, is that  you should  not shun any particular category
of foods for a long time. Your instinct should keep turning its attention
from one food to the next.

Roy,
>- I tried an experiment dehydrating chicken, and the result
>was pretty good. I don't think I will find fresh raw stuff
>appealing in the forseeable future, but the aged result
>is pretty good.

Eating only high RAF is OK. I've never really enjoyed fresh RAF, even after
eight years of raw. However as years go by I would also go  by fresher RAF
than before. I guess everybody is different in this respect. My wife loves
fresh RAF, so I don't have to buy any : I just eat whatever she leaves me.
You see : I'm her beloved scavenger.

Cheers
Denis