#include <cstdlib>
#include <cmath>
#include <climits>
#include <cfloat>
#include <map>
#include <utility>
#include <set>
#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <string>
#include <vector>
#include <algorithm>
#include <functional>
#include <sstream>
#include <deque>
#include <complex>
#include <stack>
#include <queue>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cctype>
#include <cstring>
#include <ctime>
#include <iterator>
#include <bitset>
#include <numeric>
#include <list>
#include <iomanip>
#include <cassert>

#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
#include <array>
#include <tuple>
#include <initializer_list>
#include <unordered_set>
#include <unordered_map>
#include <forward_list>

using namespace std;

#define cauto const auto&
#define ALL(v) begin(v),end(v)
#else
#define ALL(v) (v).begin(),(v).end()
#endif

namespace{
typedef long long LL;
typedef pair<int,int> pii;
typedef pair<LL,LL> pll;

typedef vector<int> vint;
typedef vector<vector<int> > vvint;
typedef vector<long long> vll, vLL;
typedef vector<vector<long long> > vvll, vvLL;

#define VV(T) vector<vector< T > >

template <class T>
void initvv(vector<vector<T> > &v, int a, int b, const T &t = T()){
	v.assign(a, vector<T>(b, t));
}
template <class T> inline T &chmin(T &x, const T &y){ return x = min(x, y); }
template <class T> inline T &chmax(T &x, const T &y){ return x = max(x, y); }
template <class F, class T>
void convert(const F &f, T &t){
	stringstream ss;
	ss << f;
	ss >> t;
}
template <class Con>
string concat(const Con &c, const string &spr){
	stringstream ss;
	typename Con::const_iterator it = c.begin(), en = c.end();
	bool fst = true;
	for(; it != en; ++it){
		if(!fst){ ss << spr; }
		fst = false;
		ss << *it;
	}
	return ss.str();
}

template <class Con, class Fun>
vector<typename Con::value_type> cfilter(const Con &c, Fun f) {
	vector<typename Con::value_type> ret;
	typename Con::const_iterator it = c.begin(), en = c.end();
	for(; it != en; ++it){
		if(f(*it)){
			ret.emplace_back(*it);
		}
	}
	return ret;
}
#if __cplusplus >= 201103L
template <class Con, class Fun>
auto cmap(const Con &c, Fun f) -> vector<decltype(f(*c.begin()))> {
	vector<decltype(f(*c.begin()))> ret;
	ret.reserve(c.size());
	for(const auto &x: c){
		ret.emplace_back(f(x));
	}
	return ret;
}
#endif

#if __cplusplus >= 201402L
#define lambda(e) ([&](const auto &_){ return (e); })
#define lambda2(e) ([&](const auto &_a, const auto &_b){ return (e); })
#endif


#define REP(i,n) for(int i=0;i<int(n);++i)
#define RALL(v) (v).rbegin(),(v).rend()
#define tget(t,i) get<i>(t)

#define MOD 1000000007LL
#define EPS 1e-8


void mainmain(){
	LL x, y;
	cin >> x >> y;
	LL ans = abs(x - y);
	for(int i = 1; x <= y; ++i){
		x *= 2;
		LL d = abs(y - x);
		LL res = i;
		for(int j = 0; j <= i; ++j){
			if(d >> j & 1){
				++res;
				if(j < i - 2 && (d >> (j + 1) & 3) == 3){
					d += 1LL << j;
				}
				else{
					d -= 1LL << j;
				}
			}
		}
		res += d >> i;
		chmin(ans, res);
	}
	cout << ans << endl;
}



}
int main() {
//	ios::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(0);
	cout << fixed << setprecision(10);
	cerr << fixed << setprecision(4);
	mainmain();
}

#include <bits/stdc++.h>
using namespace std;
#define ll long long int
#define N 100005
#define MOD 1000000007
#define dd double
#define vi vector<int>
#define vll vector<ll>
#define forr(i,n) for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)
#define revf(i,n) for(ll i=n-1;i>=0;i--)
#define REP(i,a,b) for(ll i=a;i<b;i++)
#define rep1(i,b) for(ll i=1;i<=b;i++)
#define inp(a,n) for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)cin>>a[i]
#define outp(a,n) for(ll i=0;i<n;i++)cout<<a[i]<<" "
#define outp1(a,n) for(ll i=1;i<n;i++)cout<<a[i]<<" "
#define gcd(a,b) __gcd((a),(b))
#define lcm(a,b) (((a)*(b))/gcd((a),(b)))
#define pb push_back
//#define mp make_pair
#define BINSC binary_search
#define BITOUT __builtin_popcount
#define mem(x,n) memset(x,n,sizeof(x))
#define fast ios_base::sync_with_stdio(false); cin.tie(NULL);
#define test ll t; cin>>t; while(t--)
#define cn cout<<"\n";
ll x;
map<ll,ll>mp;
ll solve(ll y)
{
  if(mp.find(y) != mp.end()) 
  return mp[y];
  if(y==1) 
  return mp[1] = abs(x-y);
  if(y%2==1)
  return mp[y] = min(abs(x-y), min(solve((y+1)/2)+2, solve((y-1)/2)+2));
  if(y%2==0) 
  return mp[y] = min(abs(x-y), solve(y/2)+1);
}

int main()
{
     ll y;
     cin>>x>>y;
     cout<<solve(y);
     cn
}