#This tracks wheather to subtract or add
tralse = True
#This is the amount of steps we take
ptr = 1
#This is what I want the cow to find
goal = 1000
#This is the current locaiton of the "cow"
location = 0
#This counts the total Steps
steps = 0
# This tells me whether to subtract or not
flag = False
#Go until we reach the goal
while True:
    #Check wheather to subtract or add
    if tralse:
        #Subtract until we get to correct place to trun around and go the other way
        for i in range(ptr):
            #Add to location (to the right)
            location += 1
            #Increment the steps counter
            steps += 1
            #Check if we've reached the goal yet
            if goal == location:
                #show the steps
                print(steps)
                #Break out
                flag = True
                break
    #This is the same thing as above exept for subtracting
    else:
        for i in range(ptr):
            steps += 1
            location -= 1
            if goal == location:
                print(steps)
                flag = True
                break
    if flag == True:
        break
    tralse = not tralse
    ptr *= 2