#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define int long long
int32_t main() {
ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
cin.tie(NULL);
int m,n;
cin>>n>>m;
int ans=0;
while(m>n){
if(m%2!=0) m--;
else m/=2;
ans++;
}
cout<<ans+n-m<<endl;
return 0;
}
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