YOU SAID:
I was sitting in the park eating a hotdog
INTO JAPANESE
私は公園でホットドッグを食べていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was eating a hot dog in the park
INTO JAPANESE
私は公園でホットドッグを食べていました
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I was eating a hot dog in the park
That didn't even make that much sense in English.