<div><p>Back in 2013, Ronnie Brower from Syracuse, New York got a wake-up call. Ronnie was tipping the scales at just under 700 pounds, addicted to pills, alcohol, and living in his parents home. Ronnie's doctor warned him if he didn't make a change, he would die before he turned 30. Ronnie was 28.</p><p>As scary as this news was, it was just the motivation Ronnie needed to turn his life around. From that point on he says it was his "job 24 hours a day to get healthy and save my life."</p><p>He started a low-carb diet and began exercising daily, starting in his home and eventually moving to a local gym. That's where he caught the eye of Andrea Masella.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Z2.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Z2_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Z2_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Like Ronnie, Andrea was desperate to turn her life around. She was <a href="https://www.shared.com/she-lost-455lbs-in-2-years-and-her-transformation-is-incredible/" target="_blank">eating to control her emotions</a>, and had reached 250 pounds. </p><p>"Both of us used food as a coping mechanism," she said, but she recognized how hard Ronnie was working and used it as motivation for her own fitness journey.</p><p>"I was just really inspired by him and I thought he was super cute," she told <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/news/couple-who-lost-almost-600-pounds-together-set-to-wed/">AP</a>.</p><p>It was love at first sight for both of them, and after a first date playing ping-pong and basketball at the gym they really hit it off.</p><div><figure><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Z1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Z1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/Z1_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Now, 578 pounds later, this inspiring couple are preparing to tie the knot - and look completely unrecognizable.</p><p><strong>Click the next page to see how they look today!</strong></p><p></p><p></p><p>Ronnie's friend Nick Murphy calls Andrea and Ronnie's relationship "a match made in heaven, a storybook movie," and he should know - he's Ronnie's trainer, and the best man at their wedding.</p><p>The couple will say their "I dos" in the same Church where Nick baptized Ronnie 3 years ago when they started his fitness journey.</p><p>But we hope Ronnie bought a new suit for the occasion, because it's safe to say his old one won't fit after this <a href="https://www.shared.com/mama-june-shows-off-dramatic-300lbs-weight-loss-results/" target="_blank">incredible transformation</a>!</p><div><figure><a href="http://a.abcnews.com/images/GMA/170512_gma_ashton4_0824_16x9_992.jpg" target="_blank"><amp-img src="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/170512_gma_ashton4_0824_16x9_992-1.jpg" srcset="https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/170512_gma_ashton4_0824_16x9_992-1_GH_content_550px.jpg 550w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/170512_gma_ashton4_0824_16x9_992-1_GH_content_650px.jpg 650w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/170512_gma_ashton4_0824_16x9_992-1_GH_content_750px.jpg 750w, https://www.shared.com/content/images/2017/05/170512_gma_ashton4_0824_16x9_992-1_GH_content_850px.jpg 850w" sizes="89vw" title="" alt="" height="9" width="16" layout="responsive"></amp-img></a><figcaption class="op-vertical-center"><cite><a href="http://a.abcnews.com/images/GMA/170512_gma_ashton4_0824_16x9_992.jpg" target="_blank">The Newton County News</a></cite></figcaption></figure></div><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Since they started hitting the gym, Andrea has lost 120 pounds and Ronnie has dropped a staggering 458 pounds. </p><p>They've both worked very hard, but experts agreed losing weight is much easier with a buddy, so when two people this committed work together it's not surprising their results were phenomenal.</p><amp-iframe sandbox="allow-scripts allow-same-origin" layout="responsive" frameborder="0" height="9" width="16" src="https://abcnews.go.com/video/embed?id=47361620"></amp-iframe><p><!-- [invalid-shortcode] --></p><p></p><p>Ronnie's advice to anyone in the same position as he was a few years ago is simple: "If you want it bad enough and put your mind to it, <a href="https://www.shared.com/celebrity-weight-loss-stories-that-will-drop-your-jaw-2/" target="_blank">anybody can do it</a>."</p><p>Hopefully these two cut loose and enjoy the buffet during their honeymoon in Mexico. They earned it!</p><p><strong>Share this inspiring transformation with someone you know!</strong></p></div>