var readline = require('readline');
var rl = readline.createInterface({
input: process.stdin,
output: process.stdout
});
rl.on('line', function(n) {
var i = 0;
while(n != 1) {
if (n % 2 === 0){
// == 值相等
// === 值相等且類型相同
n = n / 2;
}else{
n = (3*n+1) / 2;
}
i = i +1;
}
console.log(i);
rl.close();
})