Jul 11, 2014, 11:15 AM ET
Just like his buddy Chumlee, "Big Hoss," as they call Corey Harrison on "Pawn Stars," has dropped a lot of weight and it shows.
Harrison, 31, told People magazine
that at his highest he weighed more than 400 pounds, but that after the
doctor put him on preventative diabetes medication four years ago, he
decided it was time for a change.
"I literally drove straight from the doctor to the lap-band center and
had the surgery almost immediately," Harrison told the magazine. "Back
then, the surgery was too expensive for my bank account, so I had to pay
with four credit cards, but it was something I had to do – I was not
going to get diabetes!"
The third generation pawn-shop owner said he dropped 50 pounds in the
first few weeks and another 100 in the first year after having his
surgery.
In the season immediately after the surgery, you can see "Big Hoss"
dedicated to dropping the weight, doing jump rope in the back of the
Gold & Silver Pawn Shop that's featured on the show.
"I could never go back to weighing as much as I did," he added. "It made
me realize what I ate, how I ate and what I did to myself.
Now he weighs 210!
He said he boxes 12 round five days a week, and now he can do things he hasn't done since he was a kid like snowboard.
"When I meet fans, they are always congratulating me on the weight loss," Harrison said. "They actually say, 'You look 
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