import java.io.*;
import java.math.BigInteger;
import java.sql.ClientInfoStatus;
import java.time.Year;
import java.util.*;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
import java.util.function.BiPredicate;
import java.util.function.Function;
import java.util.function.IntBinaryOperator;
import java.util.function.Predicate;
import java.util.stream.Collectors;
import java.util.stream.IntStream;

import static java.lang.Math.*;
import static java.lang.String.format;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        solve();
    }
    final static long INF= Long.MAX_VALUE>>2;
    final static int MOD = 1_000_000_007;
    final static int[] dx4 = { 0, 1, 0, -1 };
    final static int[] dy4 = { 1, 0, -1, 0 };
    final static int[] dx9 = {-1, -1, -1,  0,  0, 0, 1, 1,1};
    final static int[] dy9 = {-1, 0, 1, -1, 0, 1, -1, 0,1};
    final static Runnable me=()->{};
    public static void solve(){
        //TODO:Solve problem like ***
        Scanner sc=new Scanner();
        int k = sc.nextInt();
        int t = sc.nextInt();
        int[] a = new int[t];
        for (int i = 0; i < t; i++) {
            a[i] = sc.nextInt();
        }
        PriorityQueue<FixedIntPair> pq = new PriorityQueue<>(Comparator.comparingInt(fip->-fip.y));
        for (int i = 0; i < t; i++) {
            pq.add(new FixedIntPair(i,a[i]));
        }
        int prev=-1;
        while (pq.size() > 1) {
            if(prev==-1){
                FixedIntPair s = pq.remove();
                prev=s.x;
                if (s.y > 1) {
                    pq.add(new FixedIntPair(s.x, s.y - 1));
                }
            }else{
                FixedIntPair s1 = pq.remove();
                FixedIntPair s2 = pq.remove();
                if(s1.x==prev){
                    pq.add(s1);
                    if (s2.y > 1) {
                        pq.add(new FixedIntPair(s2.x, s2.y - 1));
                    }
                    prev = s2.x;
                }else{
                    pq.add(s2);
                    if (s1.y > 1) {
                        pq.add(new FixedIntPair(s1.x, s1.y - 1));
                    }
                    prev = s1.x;
                }

            }
        }
        FixedIntPair ans = pq.remove();
        if(ans.x==prev){
            put(ans.y);
        }else{
            put(ans.y - 1);
        }

    }
    static void set(int index,String s,int[] x){
        if(s.equals("Vacant")){
            System.exit(0);
        }else if(s.equals("Male")){
            x[index]=1;
        }else{
            x[index] = 2;
        }
    }

    static class Accepter<T>{
        private T val;
        private final Predicate p;
        public Accepter(T defaultValue,Predicate p){
            this.val=defaultValue;
            this.p=p;
        }

        /**
         * @return accepted newval?
         */
        public boolean replace(T newVal){
            if(p.test(newVal)){
                this.val=newVal;
                return true;
            }
            return false;
        }
    }
    //runWhenEAで使う
    private static Runnable func(Object... objects){
        try{
            assert false;
            return me;
        }catch(AssertionError e){
            return ()->{put(objects);};
        }
    }
    private static void print(Object... objects){
        if(objects.length==1){
            System.out.print(objects[0]);
        }else{
            System.out.print(Arrays.toString(objects));
        }
    }
    private static void put(Object... objects) {
        print(objects);
        put();
    }
    private static void put(){
        System.out.println();
    }


    private static void runWhenEA(Runnable runnable){
        try{
            assert false;
        }catch(AssertionError e){
            PrintStream ps=System.out;
            PrintStream pse=System.err;
            System.setOut(pse);
            runnable.run();
            System.setOut(ps);
        }
    }
    private static void putM(String name,char[][] mat){
        put("---------------------"+name+"-----------------");
        for (int i = 0; i < mat.length; i++) {
            put(Arrays.toString(mat[i]));
        }
    }
    private static void putM(String name,int[][] mat){
        put("---------------------"+name+"-----------------");
        for (int i = 0; i < mat.length; i++) {
            put(Arrays.toString(mat[i]));
        }
    }
    private static void putM(String name,long[][] mat){
        put("---------------------"+name+"-----------------");
        for (int i = 0; i < mat.length; i++) {
            put(Arrays.toString(mat[i]));
        }
    }
    private static void putM(String name,boolean[][] mat){
        put("---------------------"+name+"-----------------");
        for (int i = 0; i < mat.length; i++) {
            put(Arrays.toString(mat[i]));
        }
    }
    final static private class Scanner {
        private final InputStream in = System.in;
        private final byte[] buffer = new byte[1024];
        private int ptr = 0;
        private int buflen = 0;

        private boolean hasNextByte() {
            if (ptr < buflen) {
                return true;
            } else {
                ptr = 0;
                try {
                    buflen = in.read(buffer);
                } catch (IOException e) {
                    e.printStackTrace();
                }
                if (buflen <= 0) {
                    return false;
                }
            }
            return true;
        }

        private int readByte() {
            if (hasNextByte())
                return buffer[ptr++];
            else
                return -1;
        }

        private boolean isPrintableChar(int c) {
            return 33 <= c && c <= 126;
        }

        public boolean hasNext() {
            while (hasNextByte() && !isPrintableChar(buffer[ptr]))
                ptr++;
            return hasNextByte();
        }

        public String next() {
            if (!hasNext())
                throw new NoSuchElementException();
            StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
            int b = readByte();
            while (isPrintableChar(b)) {
                sb.appendCodePoint(b);
                b = readByte();
            }
            return sb.toString();
        }

        public long nextLong() {
            if (!hasNext())
                throw new NoSuchElementException();
            long n = 0;
            boolean minus = false;
            int b = readByte();
            if (b == '-') {
                minus = true;
                b = readByte();
            }
            if (b < '0' || '9' < b) {
                throw new NumberFormatException();
            }
            while (true) {
                if ('0' <= b && b <= '9') {
                    n *= 10;
                    n += b - '0';
                } else if (b == -1 || !isPrintableChar(b)) {
                    return minus ? -n : n;
                } else {
                    throw new NumberFormatException();
                }
                b = readByte();
            }
        }

        public int nextInt() {
            long nl = nextLong();
            if (nl < Integer.MIN_VALUE || nl > Integer.MAX_VALUE)
                throw new NumberFormatException();
            return (int) nl;
        }

        public double nextDouble() {
            return Double.parseDouble(next());
        }
    }
    static private class FixedIntPair {
        final public int x, y;
        final static public FixedIntPair ZEROS=new FixedIntPair(0,0);
        FixedIntPair(int x, int y) {
            this.x = x;
            this.y = y;
        }
        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return format(FixedIntPair.class.getSimpleName()+":(%d,%d)", x, y);
        }
    }
    final static private class FixedLongPair {
        final public long x, y;
        final static public FixedLongPair ZEROS=new FixedLongPair(0,0);
        FixedLongPair(long x, long y) {
            this.x = x;
            this.y = y;
        }

        @Override
        public int hashCode() {
            return (int)x+(int)y;
        }

        @Override
        public boolean equals(Object obj) {
            if(obj==null)return false;
            if(!(obj instanceof FixedLongPair)) return false;
            FixedLongPair pair=(FixedLongPair)obj;
            return this.x==pair.x&&this.y==pair.y;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            return format(FixedLongPair.class.getSimpleName()+":(%d,%d)", x, y);
        }
    }
    final static private class Binary{
        public static String toZeroPadding(int i){
            return format("%"+Integer.toBinaryString(-1).length()+"s",Integer.toBinaryString(i)).replace(' ','0');
        }
        public static String toZeroPadding(long i){
            return format("%"+Long.toBinaryString(-1).length()+"s",Long.toBinaryString(i)).replace(' ','0');
        }
    }
    public static class BinaryIndexedTree {
        final int n;
        final long[] array;
        BinaryIndexedTree(long[] array){
            this.n=array.length;
            this.array=new long[n];
            for(int i=0;i<array.length;i++){
                add(i,array[i]);
            }
        }
        BinaryIndexedTree(int[] array){
            this.n=array.length;
            this.array=new long[n];
            for(int i=0;i<array.length;i++){
                add(i,array[i]);
            }
        }
        public void add(int index,long val){
            for(;index<n;index|=index+1){
                array[index]+=val;
            }
        }
        public long sum(int index){
            long result=0;
            for(;index>=0;index=(index&(index+1))-1){
                result+=array[index];
            }
            return result;
        }

        /**
         *
         * @param array arrayが1～nの順列になっていないならば定義されない
         * @return 転倒数
         */
        public static int inv(int[] array){
            int[] a=new int[array.length];
            BinaryIndexedTree bit=new BinaryIndexedTree(a);
            bit.add(array[0]-1,1);
            int result=0;
            for(int i=1;i<array.length;i++){
                System.out.println(bit);
                result+=i-bit.sum(array[i]-1);
                bit.add(array[i]-1,1);
            }
            return result;
        }

        @Override
        public String toString() {
            long[] array=new long[n];
            for(int i=0;i<n;i++){
                array[i]=sum(i);
            }
            String result="";
            result+="ruiseki:"+ Arrays.toString(array)+"\n";
            array[0]=sum(0);
            for(int i=1;i<n;i++){
                array[i]=sum(i)-sum(i-1);
            }
            result+="source::"+Arrays.toString(array);
            return result;
        }
    }

    final static private class Util {
        static long gcd(long a,long b){
            a= abs(a);
            b= abs(b);
            if(a<b){
                long tmp=a;
                a=b;
                b=tmp;
            }
            while(b!=0){
                long r=a%b;
                a=b;
                b=r;
            }
            return a;
        }
        static int gcd(int a,int b){
            a= abs(a);
            b= abs(b);
            if(a<b){
                int tmp=a;
                a=b;
                b=tmp;
            }
            while(b!=0){
                int r=a%b;
                a=b;
                b=r;
            }
            return a;
        }
        static long lcm(long a,long b){
            long gcd=gcd(a,b);
            long result=b/gcd;
            return a*result;
        }
        static boolean isValidCell(int i,int j,int h,int w){
            return i>=0&&i<h&&j>=0&&j<w;
        }
    }
}































































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