/** gnu specific **/
#include <ext/pb_ds/assoc_container.hpp>
#include <ext/pb_ds/tree_policy.hpp>
/** contains everything I need in std **/
#include <bits/stdc++.h>

#define all(x) (x).begin(), (x).end()
#define rall(x) (x).rbegin(), (x).rend()
#define sz(S) ((int)S.size())
#define FOR(i, st_, n) for(int i = st_; i < n; ++i)
#define RFOR(i, n, end_) for(int i = (n)-1; i >= end_; --i)
#define x first
#define y second
#define pb push_back
using namespace std;
typedef long long ll;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef pair<ll, ll> pll;
typedef pair<int, int> pii;
typedef pair<double, double> pdd;
typedef unsigned long long ull;
typedef long double LD;
typedef pair<ull, ull> pull;
using namespace __gnu_pbds;
typedef tree<ll, null_type, less<>, rb_tree_tag, tree_order_statistics_node_update> ordered_set;
using namespace std;
#ifdef ONPC
mt19937 rnd(228);
#else
mt19937 rnd(chrono::high_resolution_clock::now().time_since_epoch().count());
#endif

// 103 27
// 104 27
// 52 27
// 26 27
// 27 27
// 100 5
ll B;

// 4 3

ll f(ll A)
{
	if(A <= B) return (B-A);
	
	ll res=1e9;
	if(A%2==0)
	{
		res=min(res, 1+f(A/2));
	}
	else
	{
		res=min(res, 2+f((A+1)/2));
	}
	return res;
}

int solve()
{
	ll A;
	if(!(cin>>A>>B))return 1;
	cout<< f(A)<<'\n';
    return 0;
}

int32_t main()
{
    ios::sync_with_stdio(0);
    cin.tie(0);
    int TET = 1e9;
    //cin >> TET;
    for (int i = 1; i <= TET; i++)
    {
        if (solve())
        {
            break;
        }
#ifdef ONPC
        cout << "__________________________" << endl;
#endif
    }
#ifdef ONPC
    cerr << endl << "finished in " << clock() * 1.0 / CLOCKS_PER_SEC << " sec" << endl;
#endif
}