If a doctor told you that you would die if a grain of sugar passed your lips - could you give it up?
My personal opinion is that you are still having a lot of fast release sugars. Fruit (especially sweet fruit), sweetened peanut butter (check the label - most have added sugar), bread (especially white bread) and cereals (do you mean breakfast cereals) all have massive amounts of medium to fast releasing sugars which is why you are experiencing highs and lows when you crash.
Start including in your meals some slow release carbs - whole grain brown rice (the stuff that takes 45 minutes to cook), quinoa etc. skip the couscous, white rice, white flour as these are all refined.
Eat lots of green veggies - brocolli, cabage etc
Eat some good quality protein (nut butters are ok if no added sugar), eggs, lean meat and fish if you aren't veggy.
Also check your caffeine intake as this can mess around with your insulin levels giving you surges and drops making you crave sugar.
So yes it can be done. In my expenience the first couple of days were very painful so start at the weekend and have a quiet one and by Monday you'll be laughing.
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