Yay! New food!

Just from my experience:

Salmon was tougher than a whitefish like cod. Any ground meat is tough. An expensive piece of beef tenderloin is most tender and easiest to go down. Chicken is STILL harder than steak.

Deli meats are easiest. Deli chicken and ham are much easier than those you cook yourself. Get it sliced very very thin, and chew well.

Try only one new thing per day, and see how it goes. And just because something sits well today, it may not tomorrow.

Make cold cut rollups at home (that buddig brand is super high sodium) that way you can get a lower sodium brand (boars head, applegate farms are both ones I like) I like to heat them up too for a little change... http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2014/06/5-thi ngs-to-do-with-cold-cuts.html 

If you are doing well with eggs I'm making this (individual chili rellano casseroles) today: http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2014/10/its-w orld-egg-day-8-eggceptional-recipes.html 

Egg salad, scallops and crab are super soft.

If something doesn't work out at first have no fear, it's not gone forever... get brave in a month or so and usually you body will be ready for it then.

OH, the cooked roll ups look yummy

I think they are easier to get down that way too... IMHO at least at first... and they give me my grilled cheese sandwich fix ;)

We are all different. I have no problems with red meat, but chicken seems to stick all the time. Fish is always good for me. But I've learned to just cook off that chicken and take my serving (I'm also cooking for hubby when I cook) and just toss it in the food processor. I'm very happy with ground up chicken. Even my husband likes chicken salad ground up. Go figure.