//------------------------------------------
//include
//------------------------------------------
#include <algorithm>
 #include <bitset>
 #include <complex>
 #include <deque>
 #include <exception>
 #include <fstream>
 #include <functional>
 #include <iomanip>
 #include <ios>
 #include <iosfwd>
 #include <iostream>
 #include <istream>
 #include <iterator>
 #include <limits>
 #include <list>
 #include <locale>
 #include <map>
 #include <memory>
 #include <new>
 #include <numeric>
 #include <ostream>
 #include <queue>
 #include <set>
 #include <sstream>
 #include <stack>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include <typeinfo>
 #include <utility>
 #include <valarray>
 #include <vector>

using namespace std;

//------------------------------------------
//typedef
//------------------------------------------
typedef long long LL;
typedef vector<int> VI;
typedef vector<bool> VB;
typedef vector<char> VC;
typedef vector<double> VD;
typedef vector<string> VS;
typedef vector<LL> VLL;
typedef vector<VI> VVI;
typedef vector<VB> VVB;
typedef vector<VS> VVS;
typedef vector<VLL> VVLL;
typedef vector<VVI> VVVI;
typedef vector<VVLL> VVVLL;
typedef pair<int, int> PII;
typedef pair<LL, LL> PLL;
typedef pair<int, string> PIS;
typedef pair<string, int> PSI;
typedef pair<string, string> PSS;
typedef vector<PII> VPII;
typedef vector<PLL> VPLL;
typedef vector<VPII> VVPII;
typedef vector<VPLL> VVPLL;
typedef vector<VS> VVS;

//------------------------------------------
//comparison
//------------------------------------------
#define ALL(a) (a).begin(), (a).end()
#define CHMIN(a, b) a = min((a), (b))
#define CHMAX(a, b) a = max((a), (b))
#define C_ABS(a, b) ((a)<(b) ? (b)-(a) : (a)-(b))

//------------------------------------------
//container util
//------------------------------------------
#define ALL(a)  (a).begin(), (a).end()
#define RALL(a) (a).rbegin(), (a).rend()
#define SZ(a) int((a).size())
#define EACH(i, arr) for (typeof((arr).begin()) i = (arr).begin(); i != (arr).end(); ++i)
#define EXIST(str, e) ((str).find(e) != (str).end())
#define COUNT(arr, v) count((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), v)
#define SEARCH(v, w) search((v).begin(), (v).end(), (w).begin(), (w).end())
#define B_SEARCH(arr, v) binary_search((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), v)
#define SORT(c) sort((c).begin(), (c).end())
#define RSORT(c) sort((c).rbegin(), (c).rend())
#define REVERSE(c) reverse((c).begin(), (c).end())
#define ROTATE_LEFT(arr, c) rotate((arr).begin(), (arr).begin() + (c), (arr).end())
#define ROTATE_RIGHT(arr, c) rotate((arr).rbegin(), (arr).rbegin() + (c), (arr).rend())
#define SUMI(arr) accumulate((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), 0)
#define SUMD(arr) accumulate((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), 0.)
#define SUMLL(arr) accumulate((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), 0LL)
#define SUMS(arr) accumulate((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), string())
#define UB(arr, n) upper_bound((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), n)
#define LB(arr, n) lower_bound((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), n)
#define OF_ALL(arr, func) all_of((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), (func))
#define OF_NONE(arr, func) none_of((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), (func))
#define OF_ANY(arr, func) any_of((arr).begin(), (arr).end(), (func))
#define PB push_back
#define MP make_pair

//------------------------------------------
//input output
//------------------------------------------
#define GL(s) getline(cin, (s))
#define INIT() std::ios::sync_with_stdio(false); std::cin.tie(0);
#define OUT(d) std::cout << (d)
#define OUT_L(d) std::cout << (d) << endl
#define FOUT(n, data) std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(n) << (data)
#define FOUT_L(n, data) std::cout << std::fixed << std::setprecision(n) << (data) << "\n"
#define EL() printf("\n")
#define SHOW_VECTOR(v) { std::cerr << #v << "\t:"; for (const auto& xxx : v) { std::cerr << xxx << " "; }std::cerr << "\n"; }
#define SHOW_MAP(v) { std::cerr << #v << endl; for (const auto& xxx : v) { std::cerr << xxx.first << " " << xxx.second << "\n"; } }
#define Yes() printf("Yes\n")
#define No() printf("No\n")
#define YES() printf("YES\n")
#define NO() printf("NO\n")

//------------------------------------------
//repetition
//------------------------------------------
#define FOR(i, a, b) for (int i = (a); i<(b); ++i)
#define RFOR(i, a, b) for (int i = (b)-1; i >= (a); --i)
#define REP(i, n)  FOR(i, 0, n)
#define RREP(i, n) for (int i = n - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define FORLL(i, a, b) for (LL i = LL(a); i<LL(b); ++i)
#define RFORLL(i, a, b) for (LL i = LL(b) - 1; i >= LL(a); --i)
#define REPLL(i, n) for (LL i = 0; i<LL(n); ++i)
#define RREPLL(i, n) for (LL i = LL(n) - 1; i >= 0; --i)
#define FOREACH(x, arr) for (auto &(x) : (arr))
#define FORITER(x, arr) for (auto (x) = (arr).begin(); (x) != (arr).end(); ++(x))


//--------------------------------------------
//math
//--------------------------------------------

//**************************************
//二乗
//**************************************
template<class T>
inline T SQR(const T x) { return x * x; }

//**************************************
//切り上げ
//**************************************
double ceil_n(double dIn, int nLen) {
	double dOut;
	dOut = dIn * pow(10.0, nLen);
	dOut = (double)(int)(dOut + 0.9);
	return dOut * pow(10.0, -nLen);
}

//**************************************
//切り捨て
//**************************************
double floor_n(double dIn, int nLen) {
	double dOut;
	dOut = dIn * pow(10.0, nLen);
	dOut = (double)(int)(dOut);
	return dOut * pow(10.0, -nLen);
}

//**************************************
//四捨五入
//**************************************
double round_n(double dIn, int nLen) {
    double dOut;
    dOut = dIn * pow(10.0, nLen);
    dOut = (double)(int)(dOut + 0.5);
    return dOut * pow(10.0, -nLen);
}

//**************************************
//最大公約数
//**************************************
template<class T>
inline T GCD(const T x, const T y) {
	if (x < 0)return GCD(-x, y);
	if (y < 0)return GCD(x, -y);
	return (!y) ? x : GCD(y, x % y);
}

//**************************************
//最小公倍数
//**************************************
template<class T>
inline T LCM(const T x, const T y) {
	if (x < 0)return LCM(-x, y);
	if (y < 0)return LCM(x, -y);
	return x * (y / GCD(x, y));
}

//**************************************
//素数
//**************************************
template<class T> 
inline bool ISPRIME(const T x) {
	if (x <= 1) return false;
	for (T i = 2; SQR(i) <= x; i++)if (x % i == 0)return false;
	return true;
}

//**************************************
//素数をtrueとして返す
//**************************************
template<class T>
VB ERATOSTHENES(const T n) {
	VB arr(n, true);
	for (int i = 2; SQR(i) < n; i++) {
		if (arr[i]) {
			for (int j = 0; i * (j + 2) < n; j++) {
				arr[i * (j + 2)] = false;
			}
		}
	}
	return arr;
}

//**************************************
//a <= x < b の素数を返す
//**************************************
template<typename T>
VB ERATOSTHENES(const T a, const T b) {
	VB small = ERATOSTHENES(b);
	VB prime(b - a, true);

	for (int i = 2; (T)(SQR(i)) < b; i++) {
		if (small[i]) {
			for (T j = max(2, (a + i - 1) / i) * i; j < b; j += i) {
				prime[j - a] = false;
			}
		}
	}
	return prime;
}

//**************************************
//nの約数
//**************************************
template<typename T>
vector<T> DIVISOR(T n) {
	vector<T> v;
	for (LL i = 1; i * i <= n; ++i) {
		if (n % i == 0) {
			v.push_back(i);
			if (i != n / i) {
				v.push_back(n / i);
			}
		}
	}
	sort(v.begin(), v.end());
	return v;
}

//**************************************
//nまでのすべての約数
//**************************************
template<typename T>
vector<vector<T>> DIVISOR_ALL(T n) {
	vector<vector<T>> res(n + 1);
	for (int i = 1; i <= n; i++) {
		for (int j = i; j <= n; j += i) {
			res[j].push_back(i);
		}
	}
	return res;
}


//------------------------------------------
// global
//------------------------------------------
int s = 0;
int m = 0;
int i = 0;
VI a;
//int a[1000000];

//------------------------------------------
// read
//------------------------------------------
void read(void) {
	cin >> s;
}

//------------------------------------------
// DebugPrint
//------------------------------------------
void print(void) {
	printf("%d\n", m);
}

int main() {
	int count = 0;
	int tmp = 0;
	
	// 初期化
	INIT();

	// 読込み
	read();

	// 処理
	a.push_back(s);
	tmp = s;

	while (true) {
		if (tmp%2 == 0) {
			tmp = tmp / 2;
		}
		else {
			tmp = (3 * tmp)+ 1;
		}
		auto count = std::find(a.begin(), a.end(), tmp);
		if (count != a.end()) {
			//m = (count - a.begin()) + 1;
			int index = std::distance(a.begin(), count);
			m = a.size() + 1;
			break;
		}
		a.push_back(tmp);
	}

	// 表示
	print();


	return 0;
}

Measured memory_bytes: 256