Thank you so much people! I'm sorry I hadn't checked back with this in a while. I have trouble remembering where I post things and I haven't figured out where to view all my posts at once so I can see if they've been responded to.
I will avoid the monkey chow, but I usually only use half a soaked ball maybe twice a week, warmed up with some yams. Lately, I've been including cooked veggies in his diet along with the Yams and cooked Lentils - Lentils and Yams are usually his main daily dish, along with occasional monkey chow and scraps from the table. I know for sure that he likes the Yams and they're high in vitamin A, so I mix the syrup and some of that into whatever I'm introducing as new. I also bring Jake with me in the morning about twice a week to eat eggs for breakfast (he usually only likes the whites). I have not been able to get him to eat meat of any kind. He will snack on the pellets throughout the day, though he prefers the colored ones (which I have started to limit). He snacks on the seed the least and it primarily contains safflower seeds (which he tends to not like). The exact contents of the seed, which is all natural is here (it's the conure blend):
http://boneware.com/New%20England%20Bird.htm
In retrospect, Parrots and Company told me to START with the four bowl system just to make sure he's eating (because they had so many birds, they couldn't keep track of who was eating what) and maintaining weight as a baby. They never gave me further instruction, but then again, I never thought to ask. Jake is so active, he doesn't seem to be getting fat. Also, other people have told me not to use pellets at all, but to use sprouts instead along with other stuff and only with a two bowl system (the other bowl consisting of water). So now what do you think? :-) Ditch the seed still? And only include it occasionally with the pellets? I don't mind - it would save me money!
By the way, Jake spends a little time at each bowl everyday. Sometimes, he ignores the seed altogether. Most of the time, he waits for me to bring his daily meal. He'll get all excited when I take the bowl and then I'll come back and say "Yum yum!" and he'll start jumping around the perches and dive in as soon as I put it down. Usually, when he eats the pellets, he won't dip his head in - he'll actually sit on the edge of the bowl and pick up each pellet with his foot like he's all sophisticated.