#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;

// #include <boost/algorithm/string/join.hpp>
// using boost::algorithm::join;
//
// #include "boost/multi_array.hpp"
// boost::multi_array<int, 3> dp;
// dp.resize(boost::extents[10][9][8]);
//
// #include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_dec_float.hpp>  // quite slowly
// #include <boost/multiprecision/cpp_int.hpp>
// namespace mp = boost::multiprecision; // mp::log10
// using bigint = boost::multiprecision::cpp_int;
// using rational = mp::cpp_rational;  // double d = static_cast<double>(r);

typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
//typedef long double ld;

typedef map<int, int> mii;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<double,double> pdd;
typedef set<int> si;
typedef set<ll> sll;
typedef vector<int> vi;
typedef vector<pair<int, int > > vii;
typedef vector<ll> vll;
typedef vector<double> vd;
typedef vector<vi> vvi;
typedef vector<vii> vvii;
typedef vector<vll> vvll;

//constexpr ll MOD = 1e9+7;
template<typename T>constexpr auto inf=numeric_limits<T>::max()/4;
constexpr int INF=inf<int>;
constexpr ll LINF=inf<ll>;

#define Sort(x) sort(begin(x),end(x))
#define Reverse(x) reverse(begin(x),end(x))
#define ABS(a,b) ((a)<(b)?(b)-(a):(a)-(b))
#define nbit(n) (1ull<<(n))
#define _ol3(_1,_2,_3,name,...)name
#define _rep(i,n)_repi(i,0,n)
#define _repi(i,a,b)for(int i=a,i##_l=(b);i<i##_l;++i)
#define REP(...) _ol3(__VA_ARGS__,_repi,_rep,)(__VA_ARGS__)
#define REPR(i,n) for(int i=n-1;i>=0;--i)
#define REPA(i,v) REP(i,(v).size())

// sort(begin(x), end(x), greater<ll>());
// lower_bound(a.begin(), a.end(), val): a[i] ≥ valである最左の位置
// upper_bound(a.begin(), a.end(), val): a[i] > valである最左の位置

// Returns minimum of a and b.
// If a is less b, a is set to b.
template<typename T>
T chmin(T& a, T b) {
  if (a > b) {
    a = b;
  }
  return a;
}

// Returns maximum of a and b.
// If a is less b, a is set to b.
template<typename T>
T chmax(T& a, T b) {
  if (a < b) {
    a = b;
  }
  return a;
}

template <typename T>
void dumpContents(const T& v, const string& msg)
{
  cerr << "### " << msg << " ###\n";
  for (const auto& x : v) {
    cerr << x << " ";
  }
  cerr << endl;
}

struct before_main_function {
  before_main_function() {
    cin.tie(0);
    ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
    cout<<setprecision(20)<<fixed;
#define endl "\n"
  }
} before_main_function;

// ========== end of template ==========
struct Cake {
  int id;
  int count;

  Cake(int _id, int _count)
    : id(_id), count(_count)
  {}
};

int main(int argc, char** argv) {
  int K, T;
  cin >> K >> T;

  auto comp = [](const Cake& lhs, const Cake& rhs) {
    return lhs.count < rhs.count;
  };
  priority_queue<Cake, vector<Cake>, decltype(comp)> q(comp);

  REP(i, T) {
    int a;
    cin >> a;
    q.push(Cake(i, a));
  }

  ll ret = 0;
  int prev = -1;
  REP(i, K) {
    assert(q.size()>0);

    Cake a = q.top(); q.pop();

    if (q.size()==0 || prev != a.id) {
      a.count--;
      if (prev == a.id) ret++;
      prev = a.id;

      if (a.count>0) q.push(a);
      continue;
    }

    Cake b = q.top(); q.pop();
    b.count--;
    prev = b.id;

    if (a.count>0) q.push(a);
    if (b.count>0) q.push(b);
  }

  cout << ret << endl;


  return 0;
}

/* vim: set expandtab shiftwidth=2 softtabstop=2 : */


Measured memory_bytes: 256