Jaime, I wouldn't worry too much about your protein... 17% is just fine  The average (healthy) diet gets around 12-15%. Now, if you're exercising intensely and/or cutting your calories (which you are right?) then you should get more because when your caloric supply is "inadequate" then your body relies more on protein for fuel. But the recommended range for athletes is still only around 20%.
Soooo... long story short I wouldn't really be *worried* about your protein intake in % of calories - 17% is a pretty good number, aim for around 20% since you're cutting calories.
However, I would note that I really think you should be eating MORE in general. 1280 is a REALLY low amount. I know most days you get a bit more than that but I still don't think that's enough.... Sorry if I'm overstepping here and giving you unsolicited advice or anything, but you can only cut calories so much to lose weight before your body goes into "starvation mode" and yoru efforts start to become counter productive. You'll probably see a lot more success (and be a lot happier) eating a bit more, i.e. around 1800ish calories a day (gradually work up, obviously).
And just for the sake of illustration, some math...
Generally, you want 0.8g of protein / lb of bodyweight. I'm not sure how much you weigh but right now you're taking in (taking today as an example) about 55g of protein (17% of 1280)... most days you're around 1600 though right? So a more accurate number would probably be 65-70g. If you weigh 130lbs, you should be getting 104g of protein - BUT that should still be about 20% of your calories. Which would be 2000 calories.
OK, hope that was helpful, and again, sorry for the unsolicited advice 
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