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