#include <stdio.h>

int main() {
    int a, b,sum=0;
   scanf("%d",&a);
   while (a!=1) {

    if(a%2==0)
    {
        a=a/2;
        sum++;
    }
  else if(a%2!=0)
   {
    a=a*3+1;
    sum++;
}
   }
   printf("%d",sum);
    return 0;
}