import java.io.BufferedReader;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.io.PrintWriter;
import java.util.StringTokenizer;

/**
 * Built using CHelper plug-in Actual solution is at the top
 */

public class Main {
	public static void main(String[] args) {
		InputStream inputStream = System.in;
		OutputStream outputStream = System.out;
		InputReader in = new InputReader(inputStream);
		PrintWriter out = new PrintWriter(outputStream);
		Task solver = new Task();
		solver.solve(1, in, out);
		out.close();
	}

	static class Task {
		public void solve(int testNumber, InputReader in, PrintWriter out) {
			int s = in.nextInt();
			int[] n = new int[1000000];
			n[1] = s;
			loop : for(int i = 2; i < n.length; i++) {
				if(n[i - 1] % 2 == 0) {
					n[i] = n[i - 1] / 2;
				}else {
					n[i] = n[i - 1] * 3 + 1;
				}
				for(int j = 0; j < i; j++) {
					if(n[i] == n[j]) {
						out.println(i);
						break loop;
					}
				}
			}
		}
	}
	
	static class InputReader {
		public BufferedReader reader;
		public StringTokenizer tokenizer;

		public InputReader(InputStream stream) {
			reader = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(stream), 32768);
			tokenizer = null;
		}

		public String next() {
			while (tokenizer == null || !tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
				try {
					tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(reader.readLine());
				} catch (IOException e) {
					throw new RuntimeException(e);
				}
			}
			return tokenizer.nextToken();
		}

		public int nextInt() {
			return Integer.parseInt(next());
		}

	}
}

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