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