I too have hypoglycemia, so I have an idea of what you are going through. With our condition, I've found that it takes a longer time for the body to adjust to changes in my eating plan. If you are just returning to your eating plan after a period of increased simple carbs, I've found that it takes about twice the time I expect to start losing weight well, but then the weight loss seems to kick in. I suspect it's because of the insulin levels taking a while to level out. And I find the first couple of days of getting off of simple carbs to be torture--I sometimes think of is as detox. In fact, it's so torturous that I've actually starting looking at things like donuts and just pretending that they have a poison sign over them. Things like that are really starting to lose their appeal after the many struggles trying to get off of them. However, please know that while it may take a little longer to see the results you want, you will see them plus you are going to feel 100% better once your body detoxes from the simple carbs.
You asked whether the number of fruits may be causing a problem, and I agree that they may. I was told when I was pregnant and craved 5-6 fruits per day that I was flirting with diabetes by eating that many. They could not identify diabetes by my blood tests, but I did deliver a high birth weight baby. I would think the 2-3 fruits would be safe and maybe you could substitute 2 vegetables for the other fruits. Also, the actual fruits themselves matter--some are higher glycemic than others as I'm sure you already know.
One thing that I didn't notice in your diet was much fat other than the nuts, and although they are a great source of fat and I rely on them as well to help maintain a stable blood sugar, I often use peanut butter as well. If I were eating your breakfast, I would probably put a thin layer of peanut butter on my English Muffin. Another thing I've picked up recently is how bad commercial salad dressings are--loaded with corn syrups and the like. I wouldn't even eat them in small amounts. I have switched to a very light portion of olive oil with balsamic vinegar, and I like it much better. I have noticed that to lose weight really well, I cannot eat cheese.
One thing I've noticed works really well for us hypoglycemics is good ole walking. The weeks that I walk a lot I lose more weight than when I just do cardio at the gym. I too do a little yoga but don't rely on that for anything other than strength building, stretching and stress control. However, the latter, stress control, is extremely important for us because I think the stress hormones like cortisol also pack on the pounds and maybe cause an increase in insulin as well (I'm not in the medical field so I am not completely sure about this interaction).
I hope that some of these suggestions will be helpful. I know that you will be successful. I hope that you will post here again so that we can all benefit from the wisdom of your experience--especially us fellow hypos.
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