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