#include<iostream>
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n,count;
while(cin>>n&&n)
{
count=0;
while(n!=1)
{
(n%2==0)?(n=n/2):(n=(3*n+1)/2);
count++;
}
cout<<count<<endl;
}
return 0;
}
using namespace std;
int main()
{
int n,count;
while(cin>>n&&n)
{
count=0;
while(n!=1)
{
(n%2==0)?(n=n/2):(n=(3*n+1)/2);
count++;
}
cout<<count<<endl;
}
return 0;
}