PLEASE GIVE ME YOUR TIPS ON DEILD's!

I still have not had a lucid dream. Studying all the induction techniques I have come to the conclusion that DEILD will probably be the easiest induction method I can use to attain lucidity.

I have EXCELLENT dream recall and have recently been training myself to wake up to a short alarm and NOT move my body or open my eyes. I thought the hardest part was over but I still have been unable to attain lucidity.

Please read on...

I set an audio message with my voice in my ipod as my alarm. It says "jeff, don't move...maintain conciousness." The total message is only 3 seconds in length. I have been having the first alarm go off after 4 hours of sleep. Then having the same alarm go off every 30 minutes (hoping it was going to help with my success)

Long story short I've been having good results with the alarm waking me up enough to be mentally awake. I keep my body still and my eyes closed. Then I've been counting down backwards from 100 starring at the back of my eyelids. But I still have not had a dream "form" within that time frame. So I start over from 100 and count down...still nothing. After about 5 minutes I give up and just drift off to sleep.

I have had a couple neat SP sensations (mostly ringing/popping in my ears) since I've been practicing DEILD's. Which is nice to see some progress because I have not had any SP sensations since I was 19 year old (7 years ago)

So what do you think?

Am I just not waking up in a REM cycle or at the right time to DEILD?

I am always certain not to move my body to break it from SP.

Do most of you that have success with DEILD's count down from 100 when your waiting for the dream to form? Are there other/more effective methods during this "waiting" phase.

Any advice would be appreciated.

Thanks