Pat Neal: Observed

4:30 a.m.
Wake up call
Neal either swims laps at the pool behind his home or goes for a run every morning.

Go Greek
Neal eats six meals a day, each with 300 calories. Breakfast on May 1 is plain Chobani Greek yogurt, followed by blueberries and bananas with saccharin. Other meals include a salad, a few bites from a buffet, another yogurt, and a grape-flavored sparkling water while driving on Interstate 75 around 4 p.m.

Book Worm
The book shelves in Neal's office include: Black's Law Dictionary; Winning Elections, by Ronald Faucheux; The Complete Idiot's Guide to Human Resource Management; and land development code books for four Gulf Coast counties.