Hello Meredith. I have found that monomeal is best and most satisfying. If you have seen some of my e-mail, you know that I live mainly and very predominantly on just fruit. But to get to monomeals has taken me many many years. It is only during the last 2 years of my 9 years on this diet that I really enjoyed eating mono. I don't even like fruitsalads much anymore. However, let me say this to you, Meredith, I have let it be a very natural, self developing process. I knew that monomeals were best, but I thought I let it "flow" and come from itself, so I never did anything to enforce a monomeal rule. As you may know, I advocate a great variety of fruit, whenever possible, but NOT at one meal, but over a period of time, like within a week or a month, depending on what is in season also. Now it is just delicious to eat a pineapple on its own, or a rolinea, or a paw-paw (but sometimes I love a passionfruit in the pawpaw, which, indeed, takes over the flavor of the pawpaw) So, I am not really fanatic about monomeals, there are times that I love a little mix, but not often, mainly mono. I don't know whether you will get the same satisfaction with vegetables raw. I can not imagine me sitting in front of a whole cabbage, or cauliflower, celery, lettuce etc., but I can see and experience the love of a whole pawpaw, of mangos, of lychees, a sour sop, jakfruit, durian and so on. So, yes, go mono, but let it be a natural process to get there, years don't count, really, neither does excess analysis. Come as close as you reasonably can to nature, like the lion, the deer, the zebra etc, just BE, they don't analise, they don't eat mixed often, mainly mono also. I wish you a very happy "food and eating" journey, ENJOY the journey of transfer. Simplicity, friend. Rene.