#include<bits/stdc++.h>
namespace {
#pragma GCC diagnostic ignored "-Wunused-function"
#include<atcoder/all>
#pragma GCC diagnostic warning "-Wunused-function"
using namespace std;
using namespace atcoder;
#define rep(i,n) for(int i = 0; i < (int)(n); i++)
#define rrep(i,n) for(int i = (int)(n) - 1; i >= 0; i--)
#define all(x) begin(x), end(x)
#define rall(x) rbegin(x), rend(x)
template<class T> bool chmax(T& a, const T& b) { if (a < b) { a = b; return true; } else return false; }
template<class T> bool chmin(T& a, const T& b) { if (b < a) { a = b; return true; } else return false; }
using ll = long long;
using P = pair<int,int>;
using VI = vector<int>;
using VVI = vector<VI>;
using VL = vector<ll>;
using VVL = vector<VL>;

} int main() {
  ios::sync_with_stdio(false);
  cin.tie(0);
  ll n;
  int m;
  cin >> n >> m;
  VL a(m + 2);
  rep(i, m) cin >> a[i + 1];
  a[m + 1] = n + 1;
  ll ans = n - m;
  rep(i, m + 1) {
    ans -= a[i + 1] - a[i] > 2 && (a[i] + a[i + 1]) % 2 == 0;
  }
  cout << ans << '\n';
}