General Health Tips

Slow down for your health

Good morning!  I hope you had a wonderful and relaxing Memorial Day Weekend.  Did you see my tips on healthy dessert ideas and how to make a holiday weekend healthier?  Kev and I followed some of those healthy tips as we grilled out Sunday night.  I actually took this...

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How to Be Healthy on Memorial Day Weekend

Memorial Day Weekend: a time to honor those who lost their lives in service of our country, a time to relax over a three-day weekend, a time to … eat until you’re overstuffed, drink a lot of beer, and lay around all weekend?  No way, you’re not going to get off that...

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Spicing up your food … and your metabolism?

**Did you see my post on green smoothies over the weekend?  And have you subscribed to receive email updates (enter your email on the right side of this page) or "liked" the Lyons' Share Wellness on Facebook?** In recent news, there’s been a lot of talk about using...

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Green smoothies … worth the hype?

By now, you've probably seen someone walking around with a sludgy-looking green juice or smoothie, and may have even asked WHY in the world anyone would drink something so ... green.  Sales of super-premium fruit and vegetable juices have risen 58% since 2004, and...

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Going for whole grains

You may have read in my post on the “BDD Rule” that one of my simple tricks for eating healthily at restaurants is to (usually) avoid the bread basket.  Aside from the added calories, one reason this makes even more sense is that the majority of breads restaurants...

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The “BDD Rule” for eating out

Eating at restaurants is a topic near and dear to my heart: in a normal week, I eat 12 meals per week out of the house due to traveling Monday through Thursday for work … and that’s without any social outings or date nights on the weekends (note: this post was written...

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Starting your day the healthy way

We’ve all heard it … “breakfast is the most important meal of the day.”  But are you eating the right things for breakfast to get your day started in the best way possible?  Read on to learn why I think breakfast is so important, and see one example of a common...

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Building a healthy salad

This post has been revised for 2018!  Check out the new post here!   How many times have you said the words “Oh, I’ll be good, I’ll just have a salad”?  You may have even done so this week, to fit in some veggies for your Fresh Start Challenge!  When you do order...

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A Fresh Start

It’s my first blog post, and I have literally hundreds of ideas of content that I want to share with you.  But it’s also Monday … the Monday after Cinco de Mayo, no less … and Mondays are a great time to get a fresh start on a healthy and active life. Did you overdo...

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Hi! I'm Megan Lyons,

the voice behind The Lyons’ Share. I love all things health, wellness, and fitness-related, and I hope to share some of my passion with you. Thanks for stopping by!
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