Okay, I had to start a new thread on this one so I could get a few opinions. This isn't a poll, per se, but I'm SO flippin' confused by fitday info these days:

1/8 C of an ONION has ONE gram of protein??? Can this be right?? A whole onion has almost 1.40g of protein, so how does 1/8 C have a gram???? Okay, so maybe it rounds UP the values, but STILL, onions have THAT much protein??

I've noticed that even if something has a trace of some macronutrient, fitday automatically assigns it a value of 1g. This adds up over time, dang it, and makes it difficult to track what you eat! I had my protein levels perfect today...until I input my carbs...them WHAMO! I'm suddenly on a protein binge via onions or sweet potatoes???

....so set me straight...IS there that much protein value in ANY given veggie?????

Thanks, all!

Hi Jalilah,

All vegies have small amounts of protein.

According to Fitday, 1 medium onion has 1.28g protein. Yes Fitday always round up, so unless you're having several onions at once, you have nothing to worry about.

Is it a problem for you to have 1 or 2 extra grams of protein?

Hi, Rosebud!

Well, considering that excess protein converts to glucose and stores as fat...I'm trying not to go over the 144g/day I'm supposed to take in. I guess it wouldn't be so bad, except that according to fitday I took in an extra 30g (which most was my bad, of course) and about 1/3 of it was from veggies! LOL.

I mean, I knew veggies have small bits of protein (strawberries even yield...according to fitday...about 1g for a 3/4 C), but I didn't realize until lately (because I'd been low carbing for over 7mos) that veggies and fruits have this much protein. Sort of knocked me for a loop, I guess.

Thanks, Rosebud! I appreciate the confirmation. I just wanted to make sure I wasn't being mislead. I've been having weird problems with fitday lately anyway, so I thought I'd better check to be on the safe side.

Okay... so I guess fitday isn't the devil, but I think chocolate maybe is! lol