omg NOT TL;DR COMMENT... Thank YOU for reading what I had to say, which was much, much longer.

I know exercise does reduce stress! But I dunno, thinking about exercise adds a sort of stress for me, in that I think about how I have to do it but don't. I'm ridiculous and shouldn't feel that way, but aah. Don't worry though, I'm okay! Your suggestion is really great though. This guy who was talking to a group about stress was talking about how exercise time should be viewed in a positive way to motivate you-- for him, it's an hour where he doesn't have his wife nagging him.

And yeah about the older Asian-gen. I'm able to take it with an "Oh, thank you!" but it's suddenly offensive when I'm feeling down about it, just like many other things people can say if the timing isn't right. Though I wonder if they might mean "healthy" or "bigger since the last time I've seen you (you were a tiny fragile 5 year old last time I saw you)" sometimes. Again, language barrier!