Julie, Senior Food Editor

Recently, I went on a week’s vacation to Block Island and then on to Disney World. Unlike usual vacations where I relax on the beach, this one was filled with exercise. On Block Island, I rented a bicycle and my friends and I spent most days covering about 7 to 10 miles into town and back. Once I moved on to Disney World, my days were filled with stroller-pushing mini-marathons with my three nephews, ages 7, 4 and 8-months. Happily, after hoofing it around Orlando for 31/2 days (plus the biking earlier in the week), I returned home to find that I had lost about 21/2 pounds. Now that’s what I call a working vacation!