#include<stdio.h>
int main()
{
int n,count;
while(scanf("%d",&n)&&n!=0)
{
count=0;
while(n!=1&&n>0)
{
if(n%2==0)
{
n/=2;
count++;
}
else if(n%2!=0)
{
n=(3*n+1)/2;
count++;
}
}
printf("%d\n",count);
}
return 0;
}
int main()
{
int n,count;
while(scanf("%d",&n)&&n!=0)
{
count=0;
while(n!=1&&n>0)
{
if(n%2==0)
{
n/=2;
count++;
}
else if(n%2!=0)
{
n=(3*n+1)/2;
count++;
}
}
printf("%d\n",count);
}
return 0;
}